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UNINA9910791727403321 |
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Autore |
Cloud Dana L |
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Titolo |
Control and consolation in American culture and politics [[electronic resource] ] : rhetoric of therapy / / by Dana L. Cloud |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-5063-3873-9 |
1-322-41738-5 |
1-4833-2792-2 |
1-4522-4936-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 192 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rhetoric and society ; ; v. 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social problems - United States - Psychological aspects |
Psychotherapy - Social aspects - United States |
Psychotherapy - Political aspects - United States |
English language - United States - Rhetoric |
Psychoanalysis and culture - United States |
Social control - United States |
Rhetoric and psychology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-181) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: On Therapy and the Therapeutic; Chapter 1 - Perspectives on the Therapeutic; Chapter 2 - The Therapeutic in History: Inventing and Disciplining the Modern Self; Chapter 3 - Family Therapies: From the White House to the 'Hood; Chapter 4 - The Support Group Nation; Chapter 5 - The Therapeutics of Feminism: From Self-Esteem to Suicide; Chapter 6 - The New Age of Post-Marxism; Conclusion: Antidotes to the Therapeutic Hegemony; References; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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