Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Name: Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life
ISBN-13: 9780195171242
ISBN-10: 0195171241
Addition ISBN: 9780195346848, 9780195337266, 0199883688, 9780199883684, 9780195171242, 0195171241
Author(s): Micki McGee, Publisher: Oxford University Press
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.