Self-Help in the 1990s: The Management of the Self in the Clinton Era

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Self-Help in the 1990s: The Management of the Self in the Clinton Era

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Victoria University of Wellington

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In the 1990s, there was a presumption that the election of Bill Clinton marked a new kind of politics, one marked in part by the heightened visibility of therapeutic language and concepts in political discourse. This thesis questions that presumption by placing trends in the mainstream of self-help (as articulated directly in books and television talk-shows and indirectly in Hollywood cinema) alongside the policy agenda of successive administrations. A comparison of the Clinton era and the pr...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2016

Creator

Schraa, Michael

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Self-Help_in_the_1990s_The_Management_of_the_Self_in_the_Cli...

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Political theory and political philosophy / Social change / Media studies / Screen and media culture / Self-help / Therapeutic culture / Governmentality / Clinton / School: School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies / Political Theory and Political Philosophy / Social Theory / Media Studies / Screen and Media Culture / Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture / Degree Discipline: Media Studies / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

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