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The body beautiful : evolutionary and sociocultural perspectives / edited by Viren Swami and Adrian Furnham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Description: xvii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 023052186X
  • 9780230521865
  • 0230521878
  • 9780230521872
Other title:
  • Evolutionary and sociocultural perspectives
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.3 22
LOC classification:
  • GN298 .B63 2007
  • HQ23 .B63 2007
Contents:
Mutual and partaken Bliss: introducing the science of bodily beauty / Adrian Furnham, Viren Swami -- Waist-to-hip ratios and female attractiveness: comparing apples, oranges, and pears / Donald H. McBurney, Sybil A. Streeter -- The volume-height index as a body attractiveness index / Jintu Fan -- Methodoloical issues in studies of female attractiveness / Melissa Bateson, Piers L. Cornelissen, Martin J. Tovee --And evolutionary perspective on male preference for female body shape / Isabel Scott ... [et. al] -- Masculinity, culture, and the paradox of the Lek / Douglas W. Yu, Stephan R. Prooulx, Glenn H. Shepard -- Healthy body equals beautiful body? Changing perceptions of health and attractiveness with shifting socioeconomic status / Martin J. Tovée, Adrian Furnham, Viren Swami -- The shaping of women's bodies: men's choice of fertility or heat stress avoidance? / Dorothy Einon -- Interpersonal metaperseption: the importance of compatibility in the aesthetic appreciation of bodily cues / Kerri L. Johnson, Louis G. Tassinary -- Mate preferences in social cognitive context: when environmental and personal change leads to predictable cross-cultural variation / Leif D. Nelson, Terry F. Pettijohn II, Jeff Galak -- The roles of stereotypes and group norms on perceptions of bodily attractiveness / Tom Hildebrandt, Janet D. Latner -- Feminism and body image / Linda Smolak, Sarah K. Murnen -- The impact of western beauty ideals on the lives of women: a sociocultural perspective / Rachel M. Calogero, Michael Boroughs, J. Kevin Thompson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mutual and partaken Bliss: introducing the science of bodily beauty / Adrian Furnham, Viren Swami -- Waist-to-hip ratios and female attractiveness: comparing apples, oranges, and pears / Donald H. McBurney, Sybil A. Streeter -- The volume-height index as a body attractiveness index / Jintu Fan -- Methodoloical issues in studies of female attractiveness / Melissa Bateson, Piers L. Cornelissen, Martin J. Tovee --And evolutionary perspective on male preference for female body shape / Isabel Scott ... [et. al] -- Masculinity, culture, and the paradox of the Lek / Douglas W. Yu, Stephan R. Prooulx, Glenn H. Shepard -- Healthy body equals beautiful body? Changing perceptions of health and attractiveness with shifting socioeconomic status / Martin J. Tovée, Adrian Furnham, Viren Swami -- The shaping of women's bodies: men's choice of fertility or heat stress avoidance? / Dorothy Einon -- Interpersonal metaperseption: the importance of compatibility in the aesthetic appreciation of bodily cues / Kerri L. Johnson, Louis G. Tassinary -- Mate preferences in social cognitive context: when environmental and personal change leads to predictable cross-cultural variation / Leif D. Nelson, Terry F. Pettijohn II, Jeff Galak -- The roles of stereotypes and group norms on perceptions of bodily attractiveness / Tom Hildebrandt, Janet D. Latner -- Feminism and body image / Linda Smolak, Sarah K. Murnen -- The impact of western beauty ideals on the lives of women: a sociocultural perspective / Rachel M. Calogero, Michael Boroughs, J. Kevin Thompson.

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