Selfie : (Record no. 34400)
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781447283669 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 155.2 ST SE |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Storr, Will |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Selfie : |
| Subtitle | how we became so self-obsessed and what it's doing to us |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Will Storr |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Publisher | Picador, |
| Date | c2018. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 403 p. ; |
| Size | 20 cm. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | We live in the age of the individual. We are supposed to be slim, prosperous, happy, extroverted and popular. This is our culture’s image of the perfect self. We see this person everywhere: in advertising, in the press, all over social media. We’re told that to be this person you just have to follow your dreams, that our potential is limitless, that we are the source of our own success. But this model of the perfect self can be extremely dangerous. People are suffering under the torture of this impossible fantasy. Unprecedented social pressure is leading to increases in depression and suicide. Where does this ideal come from? Why is it so powerful? Is there any way to break its spell? To answer these questions, Selfie by Will Storr takes us from the shores of Ancient Greece, through the Christian Middle Ages, to the self-esteem evangelists of 1980s California, the rise of narcissism and the selfie generation, and right up to the era of hyper-individualistic neoliberalism in which we live now. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Selfie |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Social media |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://uowd.box.com/s/tjx0ppo1h5tqqv4p58b9n0v38q2d8fv4 |
| Public note | Location Map |
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| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note | Uniform Resource Identifier |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Tough Topics | 2018-06-21 | Virgin Mega Store | 1 | 155.2 ST SE | T0060162 | 2019-07-29 | 2019-07-25 | 2018-06-21 | REGULAR | June2018 | link |