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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.
Sommario
- 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
Info autore
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.
Riassunto
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.
Testo aggiuntivo
This book serves as an effective historical record of an area of journalism that may not be 'high status' in the way that the war reporter or undercover journalist might be considered, but through careful and detailed accounts of her evidence-base, Golia presents us with a wealth of testimony to the important role the advice column played in the twentieth century, providing insight into why it remains an enduring part of periodical journalism today.
