Reading Agency in the Therapeutic Market: Sociological Insights into Russian Self-Help Literatures and Practices
Published online on December 29, 2025
Abstract
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print.
This study investigates how adult readers in Russia engage with self-help books within a dynamic therapeutic market, focusing on how they interpret imperatives, construct genre boundaries, and enact agency amid neoliberal discourses and evolving mental ...
This study investigates how adult readers in Russia engage with self-help books within a dynamic therapeutic market, focusing on how they interpret imperatives, construct genre boundaries, and enact agency amid neoliberal discourses and evolving mental ...