Control and Consolation in American Culture and Politics

Rhetoric of Therapy

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Communication, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Reference
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Author: Dr. Dana L. Cloud ISBN: 9781506338736
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: November 26, 1997
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc Language: English
Author: Dr. Dana L. Cloud
ISBN: 9781506338736
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: November 26, 1997
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc
Language: English

In this perceptive analysis, Dana Cloud traces the replacement of social and political activism by the pursuit of personal, psychological change. She identifies the new movement as the "rhetoric of therapy", where a persuasive cultural discourse that applies concepts such as coping and adapting replaces active attempts to reform flawed systems of social and political power. Cloud focuses on the therapeutic discourse that emerged after the Vietnam War and links its rise to specific political and economic interests.

Critical case studies identify the extent to which therapeutic discourses are persuasive, including: the rhetoric of "family values"; media coverage of "support groups" during the Gulf War; Gloria Steinem's Revolution from Within; the film Thelma and Louise; and literature of the New Age Movement.

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In this perceptive analysis, Dana Cloud traces the replacement of social and political activism by the pursuit of personal, psychological change. She identifies the new movement as the "rhetoric of therapy", where a persuasive cultural discourse that applies concepts such as coping and adapting replaces active attempts to reform flawed systems of social and political power. Cloud focuses on the therapeutic discourse that emerged after the Vietnam War and links its rise to specific political and economic interests.

Critical case studies identify the extent to which therapeutic discourses are persuasive, including: the rhetoric of "family values"; media coverage of "support groups" during the Gulf War; Gloria Steinem's Revolution from Within; the film Thelma and Louise; and literature of the New Age Movement.

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