{"product_id":"9780195346848","title":"Self Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life","description":"Why doesn't self-help help? Cultural critic Micki McGee puts forward this paradoxical question as she looks at a world where the market for self-improvement products--books, audiotapes, and extreme makeovers--is exploding, and there seems to be no end in sight. Rather than seeing narcissism at the root of the self-help craze, as others have contended, McGee shows a nation relying on self-help culture for advice on how to cope in an increasingly volatile and competitive work world. \u003cem\u003eSelf-Help, Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how makeover culture traps Americans in endless cycles of self-invention and overwork as they struggle to stay ahead of a rapidly restructuring economic order. A lucid and fascinating treatment of the modern obsession with work and self-improvement, this lively book will strike a chord with its acute diagnosis of the self-help trap and its sharp suggestions for how we can address the alienating conditions of modern work and family life.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082007134448,"sku":"9780195346848","price":23.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780195346848_p0.jpg?v=1763664500","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780195346848","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}