Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being - The Search for the ''Good Life'' and the ''Body Perfect''

List of contents

1. Understanding the impact of consumer culture
2. To have is to be? Psychological functions of material possessions
3. Is this as good as it gets? Materialistic values and well-being
4. I shop therefore I am? Excessive buying and identity seeking
5. Does size matter? The impact of body perfect ideals on body image and body-related behaviours
6. What inspiration from the internet? Think "ideal", feel bad, do unhealthy things
7. What is beautiful and who is "cool? Consumer culture and children’s socialization
8. What is the price of consumer culture? Consequences, implications, and the "cage within"
9. What can be done for a better future? Public awareness, interventions, and policy change

Product details

• Authors: Dittmar, Helga Dittmar
• Assisted by: Professor Rupert Brown (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2018, delayed
• EAN: 9781138053441
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05344-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: European Monographs in Social Psychology; European Monographs in Social Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works