ISBN:
9781137308504
Language:
English
Pages:
VII, 210 S.
Parallel Title:
Print version Vanity: 21st Century Selves
DDC:
362.292
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1057/9781137308504
URL:
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