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Hauptbeschreibung: American economies are hotly and controversially debated both within the United States and abroad. While most discussions focus exclusively on financial resources, this volume takes a more comprehensive approach, analysing interrelations between financial and cultural capital in different historical contexts and from a variety of perspectives. It addresses the 2008 financial crisis as well as representations of economics in literary texts and films, the usage of metaphors in economic theory, opportunities for interdisciplinary dialogues between economics and cultural studies

PRACTICES of Self-Help and Self-Optimization combined with the expectation of positive thinking belong to the very core of US culture and US ideology. This edition explores the co-relation between self-help and dis/ability. In addition to a historical overview, case studies explore issues such as biomedicalization, inspiration porn, the addicted body, self-care and healing, and dystopian progress. Media and genres introduced include TV serials, novels, manifestoes, the 'Terminal Teenager Romance' and 'Addiction Memoirs.'