Julie Golia (Curator of History, Social Sciences, and Government In

Newspaper Confessions

A History of Advice Columns in a Pre-Internet Age

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book to trace the history of early advice columns in American newspapers, Newspaper Confessions reveals how advice columnists and contributors established the idea of the virtual confessional to ease the anxieties of modern life, creating a genre that continues to shape the way Americans talk publicly and anonymously about their feelings today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 160mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780197527788
• ISBN-10: 0197527787
• Artikelnr.: 60170376

Autorenporträt

Julie Golia is the Curator of History, Social Sciences, and Government Information at the New York Public Library. An active public historian, she tweets at @JuliethePH.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* Ch. 1: Making Advice Modern: The Birth of the Newspaper Advice Column
* Ch. 2: America's Confessional: Early Twentieth-Century Advice Columns
and their Readers
* Ch. 3: Queen of Heartaches: The Newspaper Advice Columnist as Icon
and Journalist
* Ch. 4: Advising the Race: Princess Mysteria and the Black Feminist
Advice Tradition
* Ch. 5: The Modern "Experience": Loneliness, Interactivity, and the
Virtual Community
* Conclusion
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index