Control and consolation in American culture and politics : rhetoric of therapy /: rhetoric of therapy. (©1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dana L. Cloud.
• Other Names: Cloud, Dana L
• Contents: Introduction : on therapy and the therapeutic -- Perspectives on the therapeutic -- The therapeutic in history : inventing and discplining the modern self -- Family therapies : from the White House to the hood -- The support group nation -- The therapeutics of feminism : from self-esteem to suicide -- The new age of post-marxism -- Conclusion : antidotes to the therapeutic hegemony.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 1998
• Copyright Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 192 pages)
• Subjects: 361.1/0973; Psychoanalysis and culture -- United States; Psychotherapy -- Political aspects -- United States; Psychotherapy -- Social aspects -- United States; Rhetoric and psychology; Social control -- United States; Social problems -- United States -- Psychological aspects; Psychoanalysis and culture; Psychotherapy -- Political aspects; Psychotherapy -- Social aspects; Rhetoric and psychology; Social control; Social problems -- Psychological aspects; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452249360; 1452249369; 9780761905066; 0761905065; 9781483327921; 1483327922
• Related ISBNs: 0761905065; 0761905073; 9780761905073
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-181) and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.