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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].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: European monographs in social psychologyPublisher: Hove [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2008Description: xviii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1841696080
  • 9781841696089
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3 22
LOC classification:
  • HC79.C6 D58 2008
Contents:
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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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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