Self-made : creating our identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians / Tara Isabella Burton.
Title:
Self-made : creating our identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians / Tara Isabella Burton.
ISBN:
9781541789012
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Physical Description:
ix, 274 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
Introduction: how we became gods? -- Stand up for bastards -- Shaking off the yoke of authority -- A sneer for the world -- Work! work!! work!!! --Light came in as a flood -- The dandy of the unexpected -- I shall be ruling the world from now on -- The power of it -- You basically just said you were -- Do it yourself -- Because I felt like it -- Epilogue: how to be yourself.
Summary:
"As the forces of social media and capitalism collide, and individualism becomes more important than ever across a wide array of industries, "branding ourselves" or actively defining our selves for others has become the norm. Yet, this phenomenon is not new. In Self-Made, Tara Isabella Burton shows us how we arrived at this moment of fervent personal branding. Through a series of chronological biographical essays on famous (and infamous) "self-creators" in the modern Western world, from the Renassiance to the Enlightenment to modern capitalism and finally to our present moment of mass media, Burton examines the theories and forces behind our never-ending need to curate ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
on1348377615
Availability:
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