Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being : The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect' Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2011) Perlmutter Emeritus Professor of Social

Perlmutter Emeritus Professor of Social Architecture and Management The Wharton School

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Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being : The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect' Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2011) Perlmutter Emeritus Professor of SocialAdvertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound influence these consumer culture ideals have on individuals sense of identity and worth. Consumer Culture, Identity, and Well Being documents the negative psychological impact