Vanity: 21st Century Selves [electronic resource] /
Tanner, C.author.
Maher, J.author.
Fraser, S.author.
What role does 'vanity' play in the lives of 21st century subjects? Exploring a range of fields including public health, information technology, media studies and feminist approaches to the body and beauty, this book offers a broad analysis of how 'vanity' shapes contemporary Western societies and its understandings of selfhood.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction Vanity: Language, Bodies and Material Conditions; 1 Modern Vanity: Consumption, the Body Beautiful and the New Political Subject; 2 Fitness, 'Wellbeing' and the Beauty-Health Nexus; 3 Anti- Ageing Medicine and the Consumption of Youth; 4 Enacting 'Reality': Fat Shame, Admiration and Reflexivity; 5 Digital Narcissism: Social Networking, Blogging and the Tethered Self; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What role does 'vanity' play in the lives of 21st century subjects? Exploring a range of fields including public health, information technology, media studies and feminist approaches to the body and beauty, this book offers a broad analysis of how 'vanity' shapes contemporary Western societies and its understandings of selfhood.
Communication.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Sociology.
Philosophy (General).
Cultural Studies.
Media Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Gender Studies.
Psychology, general.
Sociology, general.