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" Consumer culture, identity and well-being : "
Helga Dittmar ; with contributions from Emma Halliwell ... [et al.]
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BL
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693769
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b515958
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Dittmar, Helga
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Consumer culture, identity and well-being : : the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect" /\ Helga Dittmar ; with contributions from Emma Halliwell ... [et al.]
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Hove [England] ;New York :: Psychology Press,, 2008
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European monographs in social psychology
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xviii, 271 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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1841696080 (hbk.)
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: 9781841696089 (hbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-248) and index
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| Contents
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Understanding the impact of consumer culture -- To have is to be? : psychological functions of material possessions -- Consuming passions? : psychological motives for buying consumer goods -- Is this as good as it gets? : materialistic values and well-being -- I shop therefore I am? : compulsive buying and identity-seeking -- Does size matter? : the impact of ultra-thin media models on women's body image and advertising effectiveness -- Think "ideal" and feel bad? : using self-discrepancies to understand negative media effects -- What is beautiful and who is "cool"? : consumer culture and socialisation -- What is the price of consumer culture? : consequences, implications and the cage within
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Acquisitiveness
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Consumption (Economics)-- Psychological aspects
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Identity (Psychology)
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Social values
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Well-being
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306.3
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HC79.C6D58 2008
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HC79.C6D58 2008
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Halliwell, Emma
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