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36 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
Cardiff University
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Book title
Makeover nation: the United States of reinvention
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Ohio State University Press
ISBN of book
9780814251690
Year of publication
2008
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
Makeover Nation is a reinterpretation of US national life from the perspective of the makeover. It traces this term’s peculiar origins during the Civil War and subsequent intersection with the development of psychology and associated disciplines and the creation and cultivation of the category of youth. The book looks at how makeover discourse relates to changes in patterns of immigration and economic health, drawing on work done right across the human and medical sciences. The research involved textual, ethnographic, archival, historical, and statistical research. It is also the outcome of twenty years observing US life.
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No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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