Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance Volume 1 and 2 Volume 1 and 2 /
This scholarly work is the most comprehensive existing resource on human physical appearance-how people's outer physical characteristics and their inner perceptions and attitudes about their own appearance (body image) affect their lives. The encyclopedia's 117 full-length chapters are com...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Elsevier
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798284906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- e9780123849250v1; Cover; Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance; Copyright; Editor-in-Chief; Associate Editors; List Of Contributors; Guide To Using The Encyclopedia; Preface; Amputations and Prosthetic Devices; Introduction; Amputation and Body Image; Factors Influencing Body Image Adaptation; Conclusions and Recommendations for Clinical Care; See also; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Anorexia Nervosa; Introduction; Body Image Disturbance in Anorexia Nervosa; Comparisons of BID in AN to BID in Other EDs; Mechanisms of BID in AN; Effective Treatment for BID; Conclusions; See also
- Further ReadingRelevant Websites; Anthropological Perspectives on Physical Appearance and Body Image; Introduction; Anthropological Findings in the Study of Human Appearance; Anthropological Study of Body Image; Methodological Innovations; Conclusions; See also; Further Reading; Anthropometry; Introduction; Body Fat; Torso Shape; Symmetry Measures; Facial Anthropometry; Conclusions; See also; Further Reading; Appearance Discrimination and the Law; Introduction; Legal Landscape of Weight Discrimination: Key Examples; Current Status of Legislation to Prohibit Appearance Discrimination
- Potential Legislative Alternatives and SolutionsDoes the Public Support Laws to Prohibit Appearance Discrimination?; Conclusion; See also; Further Reading; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Relevant Websites; Bariatric Surgery for Weight Loss; Defining Obesity; Bariatric Surgery Procedures and Outcomes; Evaluation of Candidates for Bariatric Surgery; Psychosocial Characteristics of Bariatric Surgery Candidates; Additional Preoperative Psychosocial Issues; Postoperative Outcomes; Future Directions; See also; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Beauty over the Centuries - Female; Introduction
- The Historical Method and a Focal ExampleThe Shift to Image-Based Mass Media; How Consumer Culture Promoted an Ideological Shift; Shaping the Body through Clothing; Mass Media and Leisure; Emphasis on the Physical Self; Girls' Organizations; The Importance of Eugenics; Controlling the Body from the Inside: Eating and Athletics; Conclusions; See also; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Beauty over the Centuries - Male; Introduction; The Pythagorean View of Beauty; Muscular Ideal; Leanness and Youthfulness; Well Roundedness and Plumpness
- Nonphysical Standards of Beauty and the Wen/Wan DichotomyConclusions; See also; Further Reading; Body Art: Tattooing and Piercing; Introduction; A Brief History of Body Art; Motivations for Obtaining Body Art; Behavioral and Personality Correlates of Obtaining Body Art; Perceptions of Body Art; Future Directions; Conclusion; See also; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Bodybuilding; Bodybuilding: Definition and a Brief History; The Drive for Muscularity; Muscle Dysmorphia; Three Models of Potential Causes of Muscle Dysmorphia; Anabolic Steroid Use in Bodybuilders
- Possible Treatments for Muscle Dysmorphia
