Transformations: Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture

by Grant McCracken

Book Overview

Self reinvention has become a preoccupation of contemporary culture. In the last decade, Hollywood made a 500-million-dollar bet on this idea with movies such as Multiplicity, Fight Club, eXistenZ, and Catch Me If You Can. Self reinvention marks the careers of Madonna, Ani DiFranco, Martha Stewart, and Robin Williams. The Nike ads of LeBron James, the experiments of New Age spirituality, the mores of contemporary teen culture, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253219574
• ISBN13: 9780253219572
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher