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Blush - Faces of Shame (Paperback)
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With the rise of pride - national pride, gay pride, black pride,
fat pride - shame, the "sickness of the soul," has acquired a bad
reputation. While the repudiation of some forms and consequences of
societal shame are undoubtedly necessary, Elspeth Probyn contends
that this emotion is a powerful resource in rethinking who we are
and who we want to be. When we blush, we are driven to question
what we value about ourselves and why. Blush argues that we are all
born with a capacity for shame, much as we are born with the
capacity for anger or pride, and that shame, like these other
emotions, can be good for us and reveal the good in us. Painfully
introspective, shame demands that we question our actions and our
relationship to others. Shame's physical manifestation - the blush
- gives us away, connecting us to our humanity. What shames us says
a great deal about our character as individuals and as a society,
about our past and our desires for the future. Written in an
engaging and personal style, Blush combines psychology and cultural
criticism, sociology and popular science, to present a unique
perspective on debates about the ethics and emotion of identity.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2005 |
First published: |
April 2005 |
Authors: |
Elspeth Probyn
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Dimensions: |
216 x 135 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
197 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-2721-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
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LSN: |
0-8166-2721-5 |
Barcode: |
9780816627219 |
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