Self-Help and Ability
Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht. Neue Folge - 1/2022
Published on 25. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
126 pages
978-3-8260-7851-4 (ISBN)
Description
PRACTICES of Self-Help and Self-Optimization combined with the expectation of positive thinking belong to the very core of US culture and US ideology. This edition explores the co-relation between self-help and dis/ability. In addition to a historical overview, case studies explore
issues such as biomedicalization, inspiration porn, the addicted body, self-care and healing, and dystopian progress.
Media and genres introduced include TV serials, novels, manifestoes, the 'Terminal Teenager Romance' and 'Addiction Memoirs.'