Helga Dittmar

Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781138053441
• ISBN-10: 1138053449
• Artikelnr.: 60006234

Autorenporträt

Helga Dittmar, D.Phil, is Reader in Psychology at the University of Sussex in England, where she completed her undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications, after beginning her studies in psychology at the University of Frankfurt in Germany. Her research focuses on mass consumer society and how this has an impact on people's sense of who they are and their well-being. Her work has received strong media interest (TV, radio) and includes: psychological functions of material possessions, buying motivations, compulsive buying, materialism, as well as the influence of the mass media on the body image of girls, women and men.

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