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Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being : The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect'.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2007Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (290 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780203496305
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.3
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Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author and contributors -- List of illustrations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Understanding the impact of consumer culture -- 2 To have is to be? Psychological functions of material possessions -- 3 Consuming passions? Psychological motives for buying consumer goods -- 4 Is this as good as it gets? Materialistic values and well-being -- 5 I shop therefore I am? Compulsive buying and identity seeking -- 6 Does size matter? The impact of ultra-thin media models on women's body image and on advertising effectiveness -- 7 Think "ideal" and feel bad? Using self-discrepancies to understand negative media effects -- 8 What is beautiful and who is "cool"? Consumer culture and socialisation -- 9 What is the price of consumer culture? Consequences, implications, and the cage within -- References -- Notes -- Author index -- Subject index.
Summary: This volume documents the negative psychological impact consumer culture is having on how individuals view themselves and on their emotional welfare. It looks at the social psychological dimensions of having, buying and wanting material goods.
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Book Cover -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author and contributors -- List of illustrations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Understanding the impact of consumer culture -- 2 To have is to be? Psychological functions of material possessions -- 3 Consuming passions? Psychological motives for buying consumer goods -- 4 Is this as good as it gets? Materialistic values and well-being -- 5 I shop therefore I am? Compulsive buying and identity seeking -- 6 Does size matter? The impact of ultra-thin media models on women's body image and on advertising effectiveness -- 7 Think "ideal" and feel bad? Using self-discrepancies to understand negative media effects -- 8 What is beautiful and who is "cool"? Consumer culture and socialisation -- 9 What is the price of consumer culture? Consequences, implications, and the cage within -- References -- Notes -- Author index -- Subject index.

This volume documents the negative psychological impact consumer culture is having on how individuals view themselves and on their emotional welfare. It looks at the social psychological dimensions of having, buying and wanting material goods.

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