Self-help books
Choon, C. K. (2008) Gendering Discourses of Time in South Korean Self-help Books: The normalisation of a masculine long hours work culture, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. Thesis. Cardiff University.
Crawford, M. (2004) ‘Mars and Venus Collide: A Discursive Analysis of Marital Self-Help Psychology’, Feminism & Psychology, 14(1), pp. 63–79.
Hazleden, R. (2003) ‘Love Yourself: The Relationship of the Self with Itself in Popular Self-Help Texts’, Journal of Sociology, 39(4), pp. 413–428.
Hazleden, R. (2010) ‘“You have to learn these lessons sometime”: Persuasion and therapeutic power relations in bestselling relationship manuals’, Continuum, 24(April 2013), pp. 291–305.
Larsson, J. and Sanne, C. (2005) ‘Self-help books on avoiding time shortage’, Time & Society, 14(2/3), pp. 213–230.
Lichterman, P. (1992) ‘Self-help reading as a thin culture’, Media, Culture & Society, 14(3), pp. 421–447.
Lyons, A. C. and Griffin, C. (2003) ‘Managing menopause: a qualitative analysis of self-help literature for women at midlife’, Social Science & Medicine, 56(8), pp. 1629–1642.
McGee, M. (2005) Self-Help. Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life. New York: Oxford University Press.
Nehring, D. (2009) ‘Cultural models of intimate life in contemporary urban Mexico: a review of self-help texts’, Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, 10(2).
Neville, P. (2013) ‘Helping self-help books: Working towards a new research agenda’, Interactions, 3(3), pp. 361–379.
Potts, A. (1998) ‘The Science/Fiction of Sex: John Gray’s Mars and Venus in the Bedroom’, Sexualities, 1(2), pp. 153–173.
Rimke, H. M. (2000) ‘Governing Citizens through Self-help Literature’, Cultural studies, 14(1), pp. 61–78.
Simonds, W. (1992) Women and Self-Help Culture: Reading Between the Lines. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Whelan, C. B. (2004) Self-Help Books and the Quest for Self-Control in the United States 1950-2000, Worcester College. Thesis. University of Oxford (unpublished D.Phil thesis).
Woodstock, L. (2006) ‘All About Me, I Mean, You: The Trouble with Narrative Authority in Self-Help Literature’, The Communication Review, 9(4), pp. 321–346.
Yamada, K. (2009) ‘Rules for Becoming a Graceful Woman: Rhetorical Analysis of the Japanese Self-help Book Grace of Women’, NCA 95th Annual Convention. Chicago, IL: National Communication Association.
Crawford, M. (2004) ‘Mars and Venus Collide: A Discursive Analysis of Marital Self-Help Psychology’, Feminism & Psychology, 14(1), pp. 63–79.
Hazleden, R. (2003) ‘Love Yourself: The Relationship of the Self with Itself in Popular Self-Help Texts’, Journal of Sociology, 39(4), pp. 413–428.
Hazleden, R. (2010) ‘“You have to learn these lessons sometime”: Persuasion and therapeutic power relations in bestselling relationship manuals’, Continuum, 24(April 2013), pp. 291–305.
Larsson, J. and Sanne, C. (2005) ‘Self-help books on avoiding time shortage’, Time & Society, 14(2/3), pp. 213–230.
Lichterman, P. (1992) ‘Self-help reading as a thin culture’, Media, Culture & Society, 14(3), pp. 421–447.
Lyons, A. C. and Griffin, C. (2003) ‘Managing menopause: a qualitative analysis of self-help literature for women at midlife’, Social Science & Medicine, 56(8), pp. 1629–1642.
McGee, M. (2005) Self-Help. Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life. New York: Oxford University Press.
Nehring, D. (2009) ‘Cultural models of intimate life in contemporary urban Mexico: a review of self-help texts’, Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, 10(2).
Neville, P. (2013) ‘Helping self-help books: Working towards a new research agenda’, Interactions, 3(3), pp. 361–379.
Potts, A. (1998) ‘The Science/Fiction of Sex: John Gray’s Mars and Venus in the Bedroom’, Sexualities, 1(2), pp. 153–173.
Rimke, H. M. (2000) ‘Governing Citizens through Self-help Literature’, Cultural studies, 14(1), pp. 61–78.
Simonds, W. (1992) Women and Self-Help Culture: Reading Between the Lines. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Whelan, C. B. (2004) Self-Help Books and the Quest for Self-Control in the United States 1950-2000, Worcester College. Thesis. University of Oxford (unpublished D.Phil thesis).
Woodstock, L. (2006) ‘All About Me, I Mean, You: The Trouble with Narrative Authority in Self-Help Literature’, The Communication Review, 9(4), pp. 321–346.
Yamada, K. (2009) ‘Rules for Becoming a Graceful Woman: Rhetorical Analysis of the Japanese Self-help Book Grace of Women’, NCA 95th Annual Convention. Chicago, IL: National Communication Association.