American Cool Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style Stearns, Peter N. creator JSTOR (Organization) text Electronic books. nyu 1994 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (384 pages). Cool. The concept has distinctly American qualities and it permeates almost every aspect of contemporary American culture. From Kool cigarettes and the Peanuts cartoon's Joe Cool to West Side Story (Keep cool, boy.) and urban slang (Be cool. Chill out.), the idea of cool, in its many manifestations, has seized a central place in our vocabulary. Where did this preoccupation with cool come from? How was Victorian culture, seemingly so ensconced, replaced with the current emotional status quo? From whence came American Cool?. These are the questions Peter Stearns seeks to answer in this timely an. Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Victorian Style; 3 Evaluating the Victorian Emotional Style: Causes and Consequences; 4 From Vigor to Ventilation: A New Approach to Negative Emotions; 5 Dampening the Passions: Guilt, Grief, and Love; 6 Reprise: The New Principles of Emotional Management; 7 "Impersonal, but Friendly": Causes of the New Emotional Style; 8 The Impact of the New Standards: Controlling Intensity in Real Life; 9 The Need for Outlets: Reshaping American Leisure; 10 Pre-Conclusion: Prospects? Progress? 11 Conclusion: A Cautious CultureNotes; Index. Electronic resource. n-us--- Middle class United States Psychology Emotions Social aspects United States History 20th century United States Social life and customs 20th century Psychological aspects History Social Science HISTORY United States 20th Century Emotions Social aspects Manners and customs Psychological aspects Middle class Psychology United States 1900-1999 fast E169.S786 302.0973 American Cool : Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style Stearns, Peter N. New York : NYU Press, ©1994 History of Emotions S 9780814771037 0814771033 22573/ctt8jsvnn JSTOR http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt9qfnwf EBLCP 120402 20260728172711.5 in00003815040 eng