Body Image Books

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Body Work

    The Social Construction of Women's Body Image

    By Sylvia K. Blood

    Series: Women and Psychology

    Are scientific 'facts' about body image enough to define conceptions of normality? Reassessing Experimental Psychology from a critical perspective, Sylvia Blood demonstrates how its research into Body Image can be misused and prone to misuse. Classifying women who experience distress and anxiety...

    Published July 13th 2005 by Routledge
12. Beauty and Misogyny

    Harmful Cultural Practices in the West

    By Sheila Jeffreys

    Series: Women and Psychology

    Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female...

    Published June 22nd 2005 by Routledge
13. Body Shame

    Conceptualisation, Research and Treatment

    Edited by Paul Gilbert, Jeremy Miles

    Physical appearance plays a powerful role in social relationships. Those who feel shame regarding the way they look, and who think others view their appearance negatively, can therefore be vulnerable to impoverished social relationships and a range of psychological difficulties. However, there are...

    Published October 16th 2002 by Routledge
14. Eating Disorders and Cultures in Transition

    Edited by Mervat Nasser, Melanie Katzman, Richard Gordon

    Eating disorders: do they mark cultural transition? Eating disorders that were once viewed as exclusive to specific class and ethnic boundaries in western culture are now spreading worldwide. This issue is fully discussed in this groundbreaking volume. Eating Disorders and Cultures in Transition is...

    Published September 4th 2002 by Routledge
15. Fat¿A Fate Worse Than Death?

    Women, Weight, and Appearance

    By Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Ruth R Thone

    Despite the gains of the women’s movement, women are still judged by what they look like--and men, by what they do. Fat--A Fate Worse Than Death? offers hardy resistance to the narrow, random, and irrational appearance standards set for American women through an approach that is personal, eclectic,...

    Published August 11th 1997 by Routledge