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].
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:European monographs in social psychologyالناشر:Hove [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2008وصف:xviii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781848720626 (pbk)
- 1848720629 (pbk)
- 9781841696089
- HC79.C6 D58 2008
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HC79.C6 D58 2008 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011318125 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HC79.C6 D58 2008 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011318126 |
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.
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.