Consumer culture, identity and well-being : the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect" /: the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect". (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Helga Dittmar ; with contributions from Emma Halliwell [and others].
• Other Names: Dittmar, Helga; Halliwell, Emma
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages), (6 illustrations)
• Subjects: 306.3; Consumption (Economics) -- Psychological aspects; Acquisitiveness; Identity (Psychology); Well-being; Social values; Acquisitiveness; Consumption (Economics) -- Psychological aspects; Identity (Psychology); Social values; Well-being; Psychologie; Wohlbefinden; Verbrauch; Verbraucherverhalten
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135420154; 1135420157
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.