Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Genre trouble: between fiction, documentary and reality television; 2. Pedagogy under emotional capitalism; 3. Self-help culture and the new paternalism; 4. Character education and spiritual-therapeutic conversion narratives; Conclusion

Promotional Information

This Element examines recent documentaries depicting marginalized youth who are ostensibly redeemed by their encounters with Shakespeare.

Reviews

'... offers fascinating glimpses into the uses and abuses of the arts in a capitalist 'self-help' culture.' Molly Clark, Times Literary Supplement
'The book offers fascinating glimpses into the uses and abuses of the arts in a capitalist 'self-help' culture'. Molly Clark, The Times Literary Supplement