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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791025303321

Autore

Bouquet Mary

Titolo

Academic Anthropology and the Museum [[electronic resource] ] : Back to the Future

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2001

ISBN

1-78238-661-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

New Directions in Anthropology ; ; v.13

Disciplina

069.5

Soggetti

Anthropological museums and collections -- History

Anthropology -- Philosophy

Museum exhibits -- History

Museum techniques -- History

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Anthropology - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Part I: Anthropological encounters with the post-colonial museum; Chapter 2: The photological apparatus and the desiring machine. Unexpected congruences between the Koninklijk Muesum, Tervuren and the U'' mista Centre, Alert Bay; Chapter 3: Picturing the museum: photography and the work of mediation in the Third Portuguese Empire; Chapter 4: On the pre-museum history of Baldwin Spencer''s collection of Tiwi artefacts; Part II: Ethnographic museums and ethnographic museology ''at home''

Chapter 5: Anthropology at home and in the museum: the case of the Musee National des Arts et Traditions Popularies in ParisChapter 6: ''Does anthropology need museums?'' Teaching ethnographic museology in Portugal thirty years later; Part III: Science museums as an ethnographic challenge; Chapter 7: Towards an ethnography of museums: science, technology and us; Chapter 8: Behind the scenes at the Science Museum: knowing, making and using; Part IV: Anthropologists as cultural producers; Chapter 9: Unsettling the



meaning: critical museology, art and anthropological discourses

Chapter 10: Inside out: cultural production in the museum and the academyChapter 11: The art of exhibition-making as a problem of translation; Part V: Looking ahead; Chapter 12: Why post-millenial museums will need fuzzy guerrillas; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The museum boom, with its accompanying objectification and politicization of culture, finds its counterpart in the growing interest by social scientists in material culture, much of which is to be found in museums. Not surprisingly, anthropologists in particular are turning their attention again to museums, after decades of neglect, during which fieldwork became the hallmark of modern anthropology - so much so that the ""social"" and the ""material"" parted company so radically as to produce a kind of knowledge gap between historical collections and the intellectuals who might have benefitted

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973674803321

Titolo

Body image : perceptions, interpretations and attitudes / / Sophia B. Greene, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-61122-397-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions

Altri autori (Persone)

GreeneSophia B

Disciplina

155.9/1

Soggetti

Body image

Body image - Psychological aspects

Body image - Social aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- BODY IMAGE: PERCEPTIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND ATTITUDES -- BODY IMAGE: PERCEPTIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND ATTITUDES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1  AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF BODY IMAGE AND BODY IMAGE CONCERNS AMONG MALE AND FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN JAPAN -- ABSTRACT --



INTRODUCTION -- BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE -- BODY IMAGE STUDIES IN JAPAN -- COMPARATIVE STUDIES ABOUT BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE -- FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE AND EATING RELATED PROBLEMS AMONGST JAPANESE ADOLESCENTS -- Socio-Cultural Factors -- Peers -- Media -- Family -- Gender Roles -- Personal Factors -- Environmental Factors -- OBESITY IN JAPAN AS AN INFLUENCE ON BODY IMAGE -- EATING DISORDERS IN JAPAN -- EARLY REPORTS OF EATING DISORDERS FROM JAPAN -- RESEARCH IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY -- DISORDERED EATING BEHAVIORS IN JAPAN -- RECENT FINDINGS FROM QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG JAPANESE ADOLESCENTS -- Body Image in Females -- Body Image in Males -- Body Image in Japanese Society -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2  BODY IMAGE AMONG ABORIGINAL CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN AUSTRALIA -- INTRODUCTION -- BODY IMAGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN WESTERN COUNTRIES -- SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENTS' BODY IMAGE -- ADOLESCENT MALES -- ADOLESCENT FEMALES -- YOUNG CHILDREN - MALES AND FEMALES -- BODY IMAGE AMONG DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS -- African American Adolescents -- Canadian Aboriginals -- Native Americans -- BODY IMAGE RESEARCH FROM NON WESTERN COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND AFRICA -- BODY IMAGE RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA -- BODY IMAGE IN AUSTRALIAN ADOLESCENTS -- BODY IMAGE RESEARCH AMONG CHILDREN -- ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS -- BODY IMAGE RESEARCH RELATED TO ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN ADOLESCENTS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3  THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BODY IMAGE: UNDERSTANDING BODY IMAGE INSTABILITY AND DISTORTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

THE MEANING AND MEASUREMENT OF BODY IMAGE -- BODY IMAGE ASSESSMENT -- BODY IMAGE VARIABILITY -- SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON BODY IMAGE -- Exposure to Media Images -- Weight-Related Feedback -- Weight Norms -- BODY IMAGE INSTABILITY: CAUSE OR EFFECT OF APPEARANCE INVESTMENT? -- BODY IMAGE ACCURACY -- PERCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF BODY IMAGE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4  MEASUREMENT OF THE PERCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF BODY IMAGE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CLINICAL RELEVANCE -- MEASURING BODY SIZE ESTIMATION -- Analogue Scales -- Image Marking Method -- Optical Distortion Methods -- Distorting Photograph -- Distorting Mirror -- Video Distortion Technique -- Figural Drawing Scales -- PSYCHOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING BODY IMAGE -- Methodological Issues -- METHOD OF CONSTANT STIMULI. -- SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY -- ADAPTIVE PROBIT ESTIMATION. -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5  BODY IMAGE AND CANCER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTORS AFFECTING BODY IMAGE IN CANCER PATIENTS -- Surgery -- Radiation and Chemotherapy -- CANCER TYPE AND BODY IMAGE -- Breast Cancer and Body Image -- Head and Neck Cancers and Body Image -- Gynecological Cancers and Body Image -- Prostate Cancer and Body Image -- Colorectal Cancers and Body Image -- TREATMENT APPROACHES -- Cosmetic -- Counseling and Support -- ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6  BEYOND THE MEDIA: A LOOK AT OTHER SOCIALISATION PROCESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO BODY IMAGE PROBLEMS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL EATING -- ABSTRACT -- STUDY ONE: WHAT YOUNG WOMEN SAY ABOUT SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES -- Identity and Status -- Personal Experiences and Affect -- Body Image -- Eating Behaviours -- Critical Evaluation -- STUDY TWO: FACTOR DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7  ALEXITHYMIA, BODY IMAGE AND EATING DISORDERS -- ABSTRACT.



INTRODUCTION: THE ALEXITHYMIA CONSTRUCT -- MEASUREMENT OF ALEXITHYMIA -- MAY ALEXITHYMIA PLAY A ROLE IN THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF EATING DISORDERS? -- ALEXITHYMIA AND BODY IMAGE: MAY THE BODY CHECKING BE THE LINK BETWEEN ALEXITHYMIA AND EATING DISORDERS? -- CLINICAL STUDY -- 1. Methods -- 1.1. Participants -- 1.2. Measures -- 1.2.1. Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ) -- 1.2.2. Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) -- 1.2.3. Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) -- 1.2.4. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) -- 1.2.5. State-trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) -- 2. Statistical Analysis -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8  A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW OF SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON MALE BODY IMAGE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Selection of Studies -- Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria -- Coding Strategies -- RESULTS -- Differences Across Methodology Groups -- Untitled -- Awareness -- Pressures -- Differences between Internalization, Awareness and Pressures -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9  TOUCH AND BODY: A ROLE FOR THE SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX IN ESTABLISHING AN EARLY FORM OF IDENTITY (REVIEW ARTICLE) -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION: BEING A MONSTROUS BUG -- 2. SI PERCEIVES INFORMATION RATHER THAN REFLECTING IT IN A MECHANICAL WAY -- 3. FEELING AN ALIEN HAND: THE CASE OF THE RUBBER HAND ILLUSION -- 4. FEELING THE BODY OF OUR CONSPECIFIC: THE CASE OF EMPATHY -- 5. CONCLUSIONS: SI AND IDENTITY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10  NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: THE INFLUENCE OF BODY SIZE OF MODELS IN PRINT ADVERTISING AND BODY COMPARISON PROCESSES ON WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Participants -- Procedure -- Measures -- Attitudes Towards the Models -- Comparison Tendency -- Body Focused Anxiety -- Strategy for Analyses -- RESULTS -- Descriptive Statistics -- Attitudes Towards the Models -- Body Focused Anxiety.

DISCUSSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11  BODY IMAGE IN PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BODY SIZE PREFERENCE -- THIN IDEAL INTERNALIZATION AND MEDIA INFLUENCE -- DISORDERED EATING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12  LOW SES CHILDREN'S BMI SCORES AND THEIR PERCEIVED AND IDEAL BODY IMAGES: INTERVENTION IMPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Sample -- Procedure -- Scale Measures -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- Intervention Implications -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13  THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ASSESSING BODY IMAGE AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUALIZATION OF BODY IMAGE -- GENDER AND DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ASSESSING BODY IMAGE AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS -- ASSESSMENT OF BODY IMAGE -- Figural Rating Scales -- QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURES -- Implicit Measures -- PERCEPTUAL MEASURES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14  ISSUES PERTAINING TO BODY IMAGE MEASUREMENT IN EXERCISE RESEARCH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. DEFINING THE SPECIFIC DIMENSION OF BODY IMAGE BEING CONSIDERED AND MEASURING ACCORDINGLY -- 2. CONSIDERING MULTIPLE MEASURES OF BODY IMAGE -- 3. SELECTING VALID AND RELIABLE BODY IMAGE MEASURES -- 4. CONSIDERING SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS -- 5. CONSIDERING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF STATE AND TRAIT BODY IMAGE MEASURES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15  NEGATIVE BODY IMAGE PERCEPTION AND ASSOCIATED ATTITUDES IN



FEMALES -- ABSTRACT -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16  BODY IMAGE IN YOUNG AND ADULT WOMEN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17  THE NON SATISFIED PATIENT IN AESTHETIC SURGERY - MEDICAL ATTITUDE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

How Competent Are Plastic Surgeons in Giving Bad News? -- Do Not Delegate Communication of Bad News -- Patients Receiving Bad News May Not Remember Too Much -- Medical Language Can Make Bad News Worse -- Patient and Physician Stress Curve Do Not Match in Time (Fig 1) -- Patient Perception is What Counts -- Pitfalls in Giving Bad News -- BAD NEWS STRATEGY -- CLOSING THE ENCOUNTER -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

Sommario/riassunto

Body image is considered a multi-dimensional concept that includes perceptual, attitudinal, affective, and behavioural dimensions. This title presents topical research data from across the globe in the study of body image, including understanding body image instability and distortion; and, body image and cancer patients.