I Shop Therefore I Am

Private practitioner Benson brings together 20 psychoanalytic contributions that explore compulsive shopping as way that some people attempt to make up for an i... » 

Private practitioner Benson brings together 20 psychoanalytic contributions that explore compulsive shopping as way that some people attempt to make up for an inadequate sense of self. After a brief overview of the topic, chapters discuss gendered constructions of shopping, possessions as parts of t «