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Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self J. Raisborough
Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self
J. Raisborough
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.
200 pages, 1, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 5, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230242951 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 185 |
| Dimensions | 145 × 225 × 16 mm · 376 g |