Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2011

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780230311855
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
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Copyrighted By:
Springer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Psychology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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