Vanity: 21st Century Selves

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ISBN: 0230272185
ISBN 13: 9780230272187
Autor: Tanner, C/Maher, J/Fraser, S
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: vii, 210 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.02.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Fills a gap – no book-length investigation of vanity has been written since 1992 Argues that the popularity of cosmetic surgery and the rise in social networking have both contributed to important changes in contemporary notions of the self, image and vanity Broad appeal – across Sociology, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies

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Beschreibung

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.

Autorenporträt

CLAIRE TANNER is Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia. JANEMAREE MAHER is Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. SUZANNE FRASER is Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia.

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