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.
Table des matières
Acknowledgements Introduction. Vanity: Language, Bodies and Material Conditions Modern Vanity: Consumption, the Body Beautiful and the New Political Subject Fitness, ‘Wellbeing’ and the Beauty–health Nexus Anti-ageing Medicine and the Consumption of Youth Enacting ‘Reality’: Fat Shame, Admiration and Reflexivity Digital Narcissism: Social Networking, Blogging and the Tethered Self Conclusion Notes References
A propos de l’auteur
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.