Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance . Volume 2 [[electronic resource] /] / editor-in-chief, Thomas Cash

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790166503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Elsevier, 2012
• ISBN: 1-78268-305-4; 1-280-58154-9; 9786613611321; 0-12-384926-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (866 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CashThomas F
• Disciplina: 159.9543; 306.4613
• Soggetti: Body image - Social aspects; Self-acceptance
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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