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Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self /

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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...

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Main Author:	Raisborough, Jayne (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Anthropology. Cultural Anthropology. Media Research. Regional and Cultural Studies. Social Anthropology. Sociology of Culture. Communication. Culture > Study and teaching. Ethnology. Mass media. Religion and culture. Social sciences. Sociology. Electronic books.
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