Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance. Volume 1 and 2 / editor-in-chief, Thomas Cash.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cash, Thomas F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Body image--Social aspects.

Body image.

Self-acceptance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (866 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Elsevier, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 composed and edited by the world's experts from a range of disciplines-social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences. The extensive topical coverage in this valuable reference work includes: (1) Important theories, perspectives, and concepts for understanding body image and appearance; (2) Scientific measuremen

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-78268-305-4

1-280-58154-9

9786613611321

0-12-384926-8

OCLC:

817081160