This brilliant new book from the author of Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. Ehrenreich conceived of the book when she became ill with breast cancer, and found herself surrounded by pink ribbons and platitudes. She balked at the way her anger about having the disease was seen as unhealthy and dangerous by health professionals and other sufferers. In her droll and incisive analysis of the cult of cheerfulness, Ehrenreich ranges across contemporary religion, business and the econ Smile or Die - Barbara Ehrenreich od authora Barbara Ehrenreich a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Barbara Ehrenreich |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
256 |
Rok vydání |
2010 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Granta Books |