Lifestyle media and the formation of the self / Jayne Raisborough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raisborough, Jayne, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lifestyles.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Physical Description:

viii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

""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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction: Being Scrooge-like: An Introduction to Lifestyle Media and the Formation of Self

PART I INTRODUCING LIFESTYLE CITIZENS

When Life is not Enough: Making More of the Self

Makeover Culture: Becoming a Better Self

PART II FRAMING THE SELF

Living Autopsies: Visualising Responsibility

Headless Zombies: Framing the Fat Body

PART III BEFORE AND AFTER

Being Worth It: The Deserving Self

Repatriated and Repaired: Gender's Happy Ending

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230242951

0230242952

OCLC:

659231611

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