Drawing on a series of in-depth interviews illuminating the phenomenology of shame in the general public, Miller systematically explores the various dimensions of the shame experience. The complex relationships between shame and female sexual development, shame and phallic inhibition, and shame and orality are among the topics critically reexamined.

Susan Miller

Chapter 1 Semantic Issues in the Study of Feeling States; Chapter 2 Literature Review; Chapter 3 Research Method; Chapter 4 Meanings and Uses of Feeling Words; Chapter 5 Shame Themes in Interview Data; Chapter 6 Shame in the Dynamic Interplay Between Feeling States; Chapter 7 Individual Patterns of Shame Experience; Chapter 8 Conclusions;