Self Help, Inc. : Makeover Culture in American Life. Department of Sociology and Anthropology Micki McGee
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Author: Department of Sociology and Anthropology Micki McGee
Page Count: 308 pages
Published Date: 08 Nov 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780195337266
File Name: Self.Help,.Inc..Makeover.Culture.in.American.Life.pdf
Download Link: Self Help, Inc. Makeover Culture in American Life
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Why doesn't self-help help? Cultural critic Micki McGee puts forward this paradoxical question as she looks at a world where the market for self-improvement products-books, audiotapes, and extreme makeovers-is exploding, and there seems to be no end in sight. Rather than seeing narcissism at the root of the self-help craze, as others have contended, McGee shows a nation relying on self-help culture for advice on how to cope in an increasingly volatile and competitive work world. Self-Help, Inc. reveals how makeover culture traps Americans in endless cycles of self-invention and overwork as they struggle to stay ahead of a rapidly restructuring economic order. A lucid and fascinating treatment of the modern obsession with work and self-improvement, this lively book will strike a chord with its acute diagnosis of the self-help trap and its sharp suggestions for how we can address the alienating conditions of modern work and family life.
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