Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self

Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self
ISBN-10
0230297552
ISBN-13
9780230297555
Category
Social Science
Pages
185
Language
English
Published
2011-01-05
Publisher
Springer
Author
J. Raisborough

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.

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