Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self [electronic resource] /
Raisborough, J.author.
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 living autopsies to creating an idea of self.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Introducing lifestyle citizens -- pt. 2. Framing the self -- pt. 3. Before and after.
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 living autopsies to creating an idea of self.
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