{"product_id":"transformations-identity-construction-in-contemporary-culture-paperback-softback-9780253219572","title":"Transformations; Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253219572","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTransformations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIdentity Construction in Contemporary Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGrant David McCracken (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253219572\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 May 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e464 pages, 2 figures\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm, 0.649 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A provocative, original, and thoughtful writer, someone who addresses topics that are central to our culture from a fresh vantage point, and someone who is willing to challenge orthodoxies—right, left, and center—which prevent theorists of other stripes from seeing what's in front of their eyes.\"—Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf reinvention has become a preoccupation of contemporary culture. In the last decade, Hollywood made a 500-million-dollar bet on this idea with movies such as \u003ci\u003eMultiplicity, Fight Club, eXistenZ,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCatch Me If You Can.\u003c\/i\u003e Self reinvention marks the careers of Madonna, Ani DiFranco, Martha Stewart, and Robin Williams. The Nike ads of LeBron James, the experiments of New Age spirituality, the mores of contemporary teen culture, and the obsession with \"extreme makeovers\" are all examples of our culture's fixation with change. In a time marked by plenitude, transformation is one of the few things these parties have in common.\u003cbr\u003e Although transformation is widely acknowledged as a defining characteristic of our culture, we have almost no studies on what it is or how it works. \u003ci\u003eTransformations\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first comprehensive and systematic view. It is an ethnography of the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Sightings\u003cbr\u003e Preface: Entertainment Is Dead, Long Live Transformation\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Self-Transformation in a Popular Culture\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Traditional Transformations\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Status Transformations\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. Modern Transformations\u003cbr\u003e Section 5. Postmodern Transformations\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: The Argument in a Single Page\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52742624575768,"sku":"9780253219572","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/transformations-identity-construction-in-contemporary-culture-paperback-softback-9780253219572","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}