Self-Help and Ability - Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht. Neue Folge - 1/2022

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 exploreissues 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.'

Product details

• Assisted by: Daphne Beers (Editor), Kristina Graaf (Editor), Martin Klepper (Editor)
• Publisher: Königshausen & Neumann
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2023
• EAN: 9783826078514
• ISBN: 978-3-8260-7851-4
• No. of pages: 126
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 11 mm x 240 mm
• Weight: 211 g
• Series: LWU Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht; LWU Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht. Neue Folge
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics