Selfie as a Means of Self Reflection: Women's Digital Portraits and Their Effect on Aesthetic Correction Practices

Student: Vialkova Evgeniia

Supervisor: Ilya Inishev

Educational Programme: Visual Culture (Master)

Final Grade: 7

Year of Graduation: 2019

This thesis focuses on the comprehensive study of the newest phenomenon in modern culture — digital self-portraits, i.e. selfies; it also analyses the specific impact of the transforming potential of selfie-making on the practice of female aesthetic adjustment.

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