Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance

Author(s)

• Cash, Thomas F.

Bibliographic Information

Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance

editor-in-chief, Thomas Cash

Academic Press, c2012

• : set : print
• v. 1
• v. 2

Note

Contents: v. 1. A-F -- v. 2. G-Z, Index

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 measurement of body image and physical attributes (anthropometry); (3) The development and determinants of human appearance and body image over the lifespan: (4) How culture and society influences the meanings of human appearance; (5) The psychosocial effects of appearance-altering disease, damage, and visible differences; (6) Appearance self-change and self-management; (7) The prevention and treatment of body image problems, including psychosocial and medical interventions. Chapters are written in a manner that is accessible and informative to a wide audience, including the educated public, college and graduate students, and scientists and clinical practitioners. Each well-organized chapter provides a glossary of definitions of any technical terms and a Further Reading section of recommended sources for continued learning about the topic. Available online via ScienceDirect or in a limited-release print version.

Table of Contents

Congenital and Acquired Appearance-Altering Conditions Body Image Dysfunctions and Disorders Historical/Conceptual/Theoretical Perspectives Appearance and Body Image Measurement Psychosocial Approaches to Body Image Change and Prevention Sociocultural Influences Changing the Body-Surgical, Medical, and Other Interventions Individual and Cultural Differences Appearance Self-Change and Self-Management Personal/Social Meanings and Influences of Variations in Human Appearance Developmental Perspectives

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB0949904X
• ISBN:
  • 9780123849250
  • 9780123860491
  • 9780123864512
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. (xxviii, 882 p.)
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 155.9103
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Body image -- Encyclopedias