TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dittmar,Helga
AU  - Halliwell,Emma
TI  - Consumer culture, identity and well-being: the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect" 
T2  - European monographs in social psychology
SN  - 9780203496305 (electronic bk.)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Hove [England], New York
PB  - Psychology Press
KW  - Consumption (Economics)
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Acquisitiveness
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - Well-being
KW  - Social values
N1  - 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
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ER  -