Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians by Tara Isabella Burton

Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians

Tara Isabella Burton

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction sociology technology informative reflective slow-paced
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An exceptional history of ideas and a contemporary critique on the story of self-making: from the Renaissance to the present dayToday’s defining celebrities have crafted public personae that walk the tightrope between authenticity and artificialit...

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