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Vanity: 21st Century Selves

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Claire Tanner

    1. Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia

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  2. JaneMaree Maher

    1. Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia

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  3. Suzanne Fraser

    1. Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Vanity; Language, Bodies and Material Conditions

    • Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Suzanne Fraser
    Pages 1-20

  3. Modern Vanity: Consumption, the Body Beautiful and the New Political Subject

    • Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Suzanne Fraser
    Pages 21-59

  4. Fitness, ‘Wellbeing’ and the Beauty-Health Nexus

    • Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Suzanne Fraser
    Pages 60-87

  5. Anti-Ageing Medicine and the Consumption of Youth

    • Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Suzanne Fraser
    Pages 88-115

  6. Enacting ‘Reality’: Fat Shame, Admiration and Reflexivity

    • Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Suzanne Fraser
    Pages 116-149

  7. Digital Narcissism: Social Networking, Blogging and the Tethered Self

    • Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Suzanne Fraser
    Pages 150-177

  8. Conclusion

    • Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Suzanne Fraser
    Pages 178-185

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 186-210
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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.

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  • Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia

    Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Suzanne Fraser

About the authors

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.

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