Vanity: 21st Century Selves

by C. Tanner, J. Maher, S. Fraser

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349323050
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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