The Culture of Recovery: Making Sense of the Self-help Movement in Women's Lives - Softcover

Rapping, Elayne

 
9780807027172: The Culture of Recovery: Making Sense of the Self-help Movement in Women's Lives
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807027170 ISBN 13: 9780807027172
Publisher: Beacon Press, 1997

Synopsis

Making Sense of the Self-Help Movement in Women's Lives

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Review

Elayne Rapping's lucid The Culture of Recovery examines the roots and results of . . . [a] sea change in our notions of why so many bad things happen to so many good women. . . . What's most admirable is the seriousness of Rapping's effort to understand, to refrain from judging. --Francine Prose, New York Newsday

"[Rapping's] research into the movement is voluminous; her perceptions are astute. . . . Virtually every page is thought-provoking. Curious, well-informed and open-minded, Rapping is the sort of person I'd like to get stuck with in an airport shut down by a storm, for the conversation would be enthralling." --Celia Morris, Houston Chronicle

"Articulate, historically grounded, and well informed." --Kirkus Reviews

Synopsis

Discusses the positive effects of the recovery movement and its political dangers, arguing that it ignores social problems and owes its success to second-wave feminism.

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Publisher
Beacon Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807027170
ISBN 13 
9780807027172
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232

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