Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self (2011)

Name: Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self (2011)
SKU: INR-9780230242951
Price: 98.99 USD
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SKU: INR-9780230242951 Category: All Books Tags: Anthropology, Lifestyles, Mass Media, Sociology of Religion, Self-actualization (psychology), Media Studies, Cultural & Social, Social Aspects, Popular Culture, Ingram, Sociology, General, Social Science, Social Psychology, Psychology

Description

Be the best you can be’ urge self-help books and makeover TV shows, but what kind of self is imagined as needing a makeover and what kind of self is imagined as the happy result? Drawing on recent sociology and psychology, this book explores the function of slummy mummies, headless zombies and living autopsies to creating an idea of self.

Author: Raisborough, J

Topic: Sociology
Media: Book
ISBN: 230242952
Language: English
Pages: 185