Control and Consolation in American Culture and Politics: Rhetoric of Therapy - Couverture souple

Cloud, Dana L.

 
9780761905073: Control and Consolation in American Culture and Politics: Rhetoric of Therapy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0761905073 ISBN 13 : 9780761905073
Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 1997

Synopsis

In this perceptive analysis, Dana Cloud traces the replacement of social and political activism by the pursuit of personal, psychological change. She identifies the new movement as the "rhetoric of therapy", where a persuasive cultural discourse that applies concepts such as coping and adapting replaces active attempts to reform flawed systems of social and political power. Cloud focuses on the therapeutic discourse that emerged after the Vietnam War and links its rise to specific political and economic interests.

Critical case studies identify the extent to which therapeutic discourses are persuasive, including: the rhetoric of "family values"; media coverage of "support groups" during the Gulf War; Gloria Steinem's Revolution from Within; the film Thelma and Louise; and literature of the New Age Movement.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this perceptive analysis, Dana Cloud traces the replacement of social and political activism by the pursuit of personal, psychological change. She identifies the new movement as the "rhetoric of therapy", where a persuasive cultural discourse that applies concepts such as coping and adapting replaces active attempts to reform flawed systems of social and political power. Cloud focuses on the therapeutic discourse that emerged after the Vietnam War and links its rise to specific political and economic interests.

Critical case studies identify the extent to which therapeutic discourses are persuasive, including: the rhetoric of "family values"; media coverage of "support groups" during the Gulf War; Gloria Steinem's Revolution from Within; the film Thelma and Louise; and literature of the New Age Movement.

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Éditeur
SAGE Publications, Inc
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0761905073
ISBN 13 
9780761905073
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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gpsr@libri.de

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0761905065 ISBN 13 :  9780761905066
Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 1998
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