Self-help books : why Americans keep reading them / Sandra K. Dolby.
"Based on a reading of more than three hundred self-help books, Sandra K. Dolby examines this remarkably popular genre to define "self-help" in a way that's compelling to academics and lay readers alike. Self-Help Books also offers an interpretation of why these books are so popu...
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University of Illinois Press,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- American popular self-education
- The books, the writers, and metacommentary
- The critics, the simple self, and America's cultural cringe
- Giving advice and getting wisdom
- Memes, themes, and worldview
- Stories
- Proverbs, quotes, and insights
- Finding a use for self-help testimonies.