#KeepItReal: discursive constructions of authenticity in South African consumer culture

Writers as diverse as Oscar Wilde (1915), Matthew Arnold (1960), Erich Fromm (1997) and a proliferation of contemporary self-help gurus, variously assert that it is preferable for people to focus on “being”, or to value “who you are”, instead of emphasising “having” or the material possessions you h...

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Main Author: Plüg, Simóne Nikki
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/64973