Self-help, Inc. : Makeover Culture In American Life, Hardcover by Mcgee, Mick...

by Mcgee Mick...

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Self-help, Inc. : Makeover Culture In American Life, Hardcover by Mcgee, Micki, ISBN 0195171241, ISBN-13 9780195171242, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Why doesn't self-help help? Millions of people turn to self-improvement when they find that their lives aren't working out quite as they had imagined. The market for self-improvement products--books, audiotapes, life-makeover seminars and regimens of all kinds--is exploding, and there seems to be no end in sight for this trend. In Self-Help, Inc., cultural critic Micki McGee asks what our seemingly insatiable demand for self-help can tell us about ourselves at the outset of this new century. This lucid and fascinating book reveals how makeover culture traps Americans in endless cycles of self-invention and overwork, and offers suggestions for how we can address the alienating conditions of modern work and family life.

• ISBN: 9780195171242
• Condition: Fine

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