The art of self invention : image and identity in popular visual culture /: image and identity in popular visual culture. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joanne Finkelstein.
• Other Names: Finkelstein, Joanne
• Contents: Introduction : Hollywood stories ; The art of self-invention ; The visual world ; Faux identity ; Self-fashioning ; The popularity of disguise ; Love for sale ; Life imitates art ; The following chapters -- pt. 1. Self-invention. -- The impostor, trickster and spy : Martin Guerre ; Agnes ; Anthony Blunt as Victor Maskell ; Appearances matter ; Everyone lies -- Manners : The welcome guest ; Rules of the game ; History of manners ; Antique cool ; Deception and invention ; The modern subject ; On being calculating ; The science of the self ; Society as surface ; Playing the game -- pt. 2. Looking good. -- Identity : Status symbols ; Looking good ; Coded identity ; Finding the subject ; Self as surplus ; The irresistible allure of identity -- Advertising : The advertising industry ; The unnatural world ; The afterglow of advertising ; Subjectivity on sale ; Searching for the self ; Lives gone wrong ; Looking -- Fashion : The eye of the beholder ; The fashioned self ; The mind's eye ; Being conspicuous ; The depths of fashion ; The ethics of appearances -- Afterword : Visual culture ; Self-invention.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (254 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 704.9491552; Body image in art; Self in motion pictures; Fashion -- Social aspects; Fashion in art; Fashion in motion pictures; Image du corps dans l'art; Moi (Psychologie) au cinéma; Mode -- Aspect social; Mode dans l'art; Mode au cinéma; ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General; Body image in art; Fashion in art; Fashion in motion pictures; Fashion -- Social aspects; Self in motion pictures; Schönheitsideal; Kosmetik; Sachkultur; Sozialpsychologie; Selbstbild; Mode; Identitet (psykologi); Mode; Roller (socialpsykologi); Zelf; Lichaamsattitude; Populaire cultuur; Sociale aspecten; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781435648920; 1435648927; 9780857710604; 0857710605; 1845113950; 9781845113957
• Related ISBNs: 1845113950; 1845113969; 9781845113957; 9781845113964
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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