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Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything? : how the famous sell us elixirs of health, beauty & happiness / Timothy Caulfield
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- Summary
- "An exploration of the effect our celebrity-dominated culture has on our ideas of living the good life. Our perceptions of beauty, health, success, and happiness are framed by a popular culture that is increasingly disconnected from reality. This isn't just a hyperbolic assertion. Research tells us that our health decisions and goals are influenced by both celebrity culture and celebrity endorsements, that our children's ambitions are now overwhelmingly governed by the fantasy of fame, and that our ideals of beauty and success are mediated through a celebrity-dominated worldview. The celebrity brand is at once the most desired state of being (modern-day royalty!) and one of the most socially problematic. Health law and policy researcher Timothy Caulfield provides a fun look into the celebrity world, including interesting facts and anecdotes, as well as a boatload of practical and evidence-based advice on everything from diet, skin care, and colon cleanses to detoxing from our celebrity ambitions. Caulfield tries out for American Idol, has a professional makeover, and endures the Gwyneth Paltrow-endorsed cleanse in this thoroughly unique, engaging, and provocative book"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 254 pages
- Contents
-
- Idol dreams
- Part I: The illusion of celebrity authority
- Dieting, Gwyneth and my cleanse
- Beauty tips from beautiful people
- Pamela Anderson's breasts
- Wired behavior
- Beauty and/or health?
- Part II: The illusion that you too can be a celebrity
- Dreams of fame and fortune
- So you want to be a star
- Celebrity dreams and cognitive biases
- Simon Cowell and social pressure
- Luck, "it" and then thousand hours
- Part III: The illusion that celebrity status is worth having
- A lonely, health-destroying grind?
- The dream crusher?
- Isbn
- 9780807057483
- Label
- Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything? : how the famous sell us elixirs of health, beauty & happiness / Timothy Caulfield
- Title
- Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything?
- Title remainder
- how the famous sell us elixirs of health, beauty & happiness / Timothy Caulfield
- Statement of responsibility
- Timothy Caulfield
- Subject
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- Celebrities -- Health and hygiene
- trueCommunication in medicine
- Disinformation
- trueHealth -- Popular works
- Health Communication
- Health Promotion
- trueHealth products
- trueLifestyles and health
- MEDICAL / Public Health
- trueCelebrities
- truePopular culture
- truePopular medicine
- Quackery -- psychology
- trueQuacks and quackery
- SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- trueWellness lifestyle
- Nutritional Requirements
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An exploration of the effect our celebrity-dominated culture has on our ideas of living the good life. Our perceptions of beauty, health, success, and happiness are framed by a popular culture that is increasingly disconnected from reality. This isn't just a hyperbolic assertion. Research tells us that our health decisions and goals are influenced by both celebrity culture and celebrity endorsements, that our children's ambitions are now overwhelmingly governed by the fantasy of fame, and that our ideals of beauty and success are mediated through a celebrity-dominated worldview. The celebrity brand is at once the most desired state of being (modern-day royalty!) and one of the most socially problematic. Health law and policy researcher Timothy Caulfield provides a fun look into the celebrity world, including interesting facts and anecdotes, as well as a boatload of practical and evidence-based advice on everything from diet, skin care, and colon cleanses to detoxing from our celebrity ambitions. Caulfield tries out for American Idol, has a professional makeover, and endures the Gwyneth Paltrow-endorsed cleanse in this thoroughly unique, engaging, and provocative book"--
- Award
- Science in Society Book Award (Canadian Science Writers' Association), for Adult Nonfiction, 2015.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10406973
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Caulfield, Timothy A.
- Dewey number
- 613.2
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- R730
- LC item number
- .C375 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Quacks and quackery
- Celebrities
- Communication in medicine
- Disinformation
- Health products
- Popular culture
- MEDICAL / Public Health
- SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- Quackery
- Health Promotion
- Health Communication
- Nutritional Requirements
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- when celebrity culture and science clash
- Label
- Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything? : how the famous sell us elixirs of health, beauty & happiness / Timothy Caulfield
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index
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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Contents
- Idol dreams -- Part I: The illusion of celebrity authority -- Dieting, Gwyneth and my cleanse -- Beauty tips from beautiful people -- Pamela Anderson's breasts -- Wired behavior -- Beauty and/or health? -- Part II: The illusion that you too can be a celebrity -- Dreams of fame and fortune -- So you want to be a star -- Celebrity dreams and cognitive biases -- Simon Cowell and social pressure -- Luck, "it" and then thousand hours -- Part III: The illusion that celebrity status is worth having -- A lonely, health-destroying grind? -- The dream crusher?
- Control code
- ocn886745312
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 254 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807057483
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014041726
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)886745312
- Label
- Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything? : how the famous sell us elixirs of health, beauty & happiness / Timothy Caulfield
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Idol dreams -- Part I: The illusion of celebrity authority -- Dieting, Gwyneth and my cleanse -- Beauty tips from beautiful people -- Pamela Anderson's breasts -- Wired behavior -- Beauty and/or health? -- Part II: The illusion that you too can be a celebrity -- Dreams of fame and fortune -- So you want to be a star -- Celebrity dreams and cognitive biases -- Simon Cowell and social pressure -- Luck, "it" and then thousand hours -- Part III: The illusion that celebrity status is worth having -- A lonely, health-destroying grind? -- The dream crusher?
- Control code
- ocn886745312
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 254 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807057483
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014041726
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)886745312
Subject
- Celebrities -- Health and hygiene
- trueCommunication in medicine
- Disinformation
- trueHealth -- Popular works
- Health Communication
- Health Promotion
- trueHealth products
- trueLifestyles and health
- MEDICAL / Public Health
- trueCelebrities
- truePopular culture
- truePopular medicine
- Quackery -- psychology
- trueQuacks and quackery
- SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- trueWellness lifestyle
- Nutritional Requirements
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