Consumer culture, identity and well-being : the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect / Helga Dittmar ; with contributions from Emma Halliwell [and others].
Material type: TextSeries: European monographs in social psychologyPublisher: Hove [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2008Description: xviii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1841696080
- 9781841696089
- 306.3 22
- HC79.C6 D58 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-248) and index.
Understanding the impact of consumer culture -- To have is to be? : psychological functions of material possessions -- Consuming passions? : psychological motives for buying consumer goods -- Is this as good as it gets? : materialistic values and well-being -- I shop therefore I am? : compulsive buying and identity-seeking -- Does size matter? : the impact of ultra-thin media models on women's body image and advertising effectiveness -- Think "ideal" and feel bad? : using self-discrepancies to understand negative media effects -- What is beautiful and who is "cool"? : consumer culture and socialisation -- What is the price of consumer culture? : consequences, implications and the cage within.
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