Transnational popular psychology and the global self-help industry : the politics of contemporary social change /: the politics of contemporary social change. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel Nehring, Emmanuel Alvarado, Eric C. Hendriks, Dylan Kerrigan.
• Authors: Nehring, Daniel; Alvarado, Emmanuel; Hendriks, Eric C; Kerrigan, Dylan
• Contents: Self-Help Worlds; How to survive; What are self-help books?; Exploring self-help; Structure of the book -- Self-Help and Society; Why does self-help matter?; Self-made men; The self in the marketplace -- Self-Help's Transnationalisation; Towards a transnational perspective on therapeutic culture; Publishing statistics: size and scale; Publishing statistics: growth trends and composition; A transnational self-help entrepreneur; How is self-help transnational? -- Self-Help Entrepreneurs in China; The rise of self-help in China; Mental life and social change in Chinese society; China's glocalised self-help field; Self-help in Chinese culture and public life; Transnational self-help in contemporary China -- Self-Help in Crisis; Self-help in an age of diminishing opportunities; Feel-good books in an age of crisis: 'Mainstream' self-help today; Self-help dystopias: Opting out and getting by; Truth in the marketplace; No crisis: Self-help in the Anglosphere -- Cultural Struggles, Intimate Life and Transnational Narratives; Self-help in Latin America; Self-help and intimate life in Mexico; Conservative-patriarchal relationships in Mexican self-help; Plurality, individual choice and intimate life; The self, intimate life and transnational self-help -- The Uses of Self-Help Books in Trinidad; Self-help narratives and their readers; Self-help guides in Western Trinidad; The bookstores; Where do you find out about self-help guides?; Readership; 'It was spiritual and practical at the same time'; Preparedness and the new survivalist; Consumption; A culture of self-help in Western Trinidad; Transnational self-help in Trinidad; Conclusion -- The Politics of Self-Help; Self-help matters; Transnational self-help; Thin selves; The political implications of self-help; Final thoughts.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 158/.9; Psychology; Psychology, Applied -- History; Psychology, Applied -- Cross-cultural studies; Self-help techniques -- Cross-cultural studies; PSYCHOLOGY -- Applied Psychology; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- General; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Happiness; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success; Psychology, Applied; Self-help techniques; Psychology -- Personality; Psychology -- General; Psychology -- Social Psychology; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; The self, ego, identity, personality; Popular psychology; Social, group or collective psychology; Development studies; Psychology, clinical; Consciousness; Applied psychology; Economic development; Social change; Psychology -- Applied Psychology; Health psychology; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780230370869; 0230370861
• Related ISBNs: 9780230370852; 9781349596379
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 19, 2016).
• 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.