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The mirror effect : how celebrity narcissism is seducing America / Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young with Jill Stern.
- Title
- The mirror effect : how celebrity narcissism is seducing America / Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young with Jill Stern.
- Author
- Pinsky, Drew
- Publication
- New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
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- Description
- ix, 271 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Examines how celebrity popularity is adversely shaping American culture, arguing that many of today's famous people have narcissistic personalities and inclinations toward attention-seeking behaviors.
- Subjects
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Modern celebrity: from Marilyn to Miley -- The rise of the celebrity-industrial complex -- Broadcasting yourself -- The genesis of narcissism -- Celebrities really are more narcissistic than the rest of us -- The mirror effect and how it affects us all -- Narcissism and envy, sacrifice and redemption -- The most vulnerable audience: teens and young adults -- Parenting to prevent narcissism -- Turning the tide -- The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI).
- ISBN
- 9780061582332
- 0061582336
- OCLC
- 191932080
- SCSB-12599262
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library