Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-being: The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect' (European Monographs in Social Psychology)

by HelgaDittmar (Author), ProfessorRupertBrown (Series Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $139.91

  Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. This work documents the negative psychological impact consumer culture can have on how individuals view themselves and on their emotional welfare. It looks at the social psychological dimensions of having, buying and wanting material goods.