Helga Dittmar

Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being

The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect'

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781138053403
• ISBN-10: 1138053406
• Artikelnr.: 60000969

Inhaltsangabe

1. Understanding the impact of consumer culture
2. To have is to be? Psychological functions of material possessions
3. Is this as good as it gets? Materialistic values and well-being
4. I shop therefore I am? Excessive buying and identity seeking
5. Does size matter? The impact of body perfect ideals on body image and
body-related behaviours
6. What inspiration from the internet? Think "ideal", feel bad, do
unhealthy things
7. What is beautiful and who is "cool? Consumer culture and children's
socialization
8. What is the price of consumer culture? Consequences, implications, and
the "cage within"
9. What can be done for a better future? Public awareness, interventions,
and policy change