Lifestyle Media and the Formation of the Self

by Jayne Raisborough

Book Overview

Introduction: Being Scrooge-like: An Introduction to Lifestyle Media and the Formation of Self PART I INTRODUCING LIFESTYLE CITIZENS When Life is not Enough: Making More of the Self Makeover Culture: Becoming a Better Self PART II FRAMING THE SELF Living Autopsies: Visualising Responsibility Headless Zombies: Framing the Fat Body PART III BEFORE AND AFTER Being Worth It: The Deserving Self Repatriated and Repaired: Gender's Happy Ending References...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349318124
• ISBN13: 9781349318124
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"