Consumer culture, identity and well-being the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect" /
Dittmar, Helga
Consumer culture, identity and well-being the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect" / [electronic resource] : Helga Dittmar ; with contributions from Emma Halliwell ... [et al.] - Hove [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2008 - 1 online resource (xviii, 271 p.) : ill. - European monographs in social psychology .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [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
Mode of access: Internet
9780203496305 (electronic bk.) 0203496302 (electronic bk.)
Consumption (Economics)--Psychological aspects
Acquisitiveness
Identity (Psychology)
Well-being
Social values
Consumer culture, identity and well-being the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect" / [electronic resource] : Helga Dittmar ; with contributions from Emma Halliwell ... [et al.] - Hove [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2008 - 1 online resource (xviii, 271 p.) : ill. - European monographs in social psychology .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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
Mode of access: Internet
9780203496305 (electronic bk.) 0203496302 (electronic bk.)
Consumption (Economics)--Psychological aspects
Acquisitiveness
Identity (Psychology)
Well-being
Social values