Smart Living

Lifestyle Media and Popular Expertise

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
169 Seiten
2008 | New edition
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-8678-9 (ISBN)
94,15 inkl. MwSt
What do the Fab Five from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the Supernanny and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver all have in common? Lifestyle gurus are increasingly intruding on everyday life, directing ordinary people to see themselves as «projects» that can be «made over» through embracing an ethos of relentless self-improvement. Smart Living argues that they represent a new form of popular expertise sweeping the world. Written in a lively and accessible manner, the book examines this cult of expertise across a range of media and cultural sites and offers the reader a range of critical tools for understanding the recent emergence of this popular international phenomenon. Smart Living is a must-read for anyone interested in the relationship between popular media culture and contemporary social life.

The Author: Tania Lewis is Senior Research Fellow in Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her work in the fields of media and cultural studies has been published in Media, Culture and Society, Television and New Media, Cultural Studies<>Critical Methodologies, Continuum, and the European Journal of Cultural Studies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.2.2008
Reihe/Serie Popular Culture and Everyday Life ; 15
Popular Culture and Everyday Life ; 15
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 230 mm
Gewicht 370 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Esoterik / Spiritualität
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Schönheit / Kosmetik
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-8204-8678-7 / 0820486787
ISBN-13 978-0-8204-8678-9 / 9780820486789
Zustand Neuware
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