From 'The Me Decade' to 'The Me Millennium': The cultural history of narcissism

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-363

  Tyler, Imogen ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American history; Christopher Lasch; Cultural studies; Feminism; Narcissism; Popular culture; Psychoanalysis; The 1970s; Tom Wolfe; Women's liberation movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250811215     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877907080148     Document Type: Article

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