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Fiction, fashion, & function: An introduction to the special issue on gendered body image, Part I

Calogero, Rachel M., Tylka, Tracy L. (2010) Fiction, fashion, & function: An introduction to the special issue on gendered body image, Part I. Sex Roles, 63 (1/2). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0360-0025. (doi:10.1007/s11199-010-9821-3) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:33436)

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Abstract

In this special issue, we showcase innovative research demonstrating the process by which gendered experiences of the body constrain and impact body image. In this first volume, we organized the papers into three research streams that highlight this process. The first stream explores the link between social and/or interpersonal experiences of objectification and body-related self-perceptions and behaviors. The second stream explores different media sources and messages as potent transmitters of gendered body ideals. The third stream calls attention to the wider cultural prescriptions for attractive and acceptable bodies across gender, race, and age—and how body image may shift according to these more specific prescriptions. This issue concludes with a discussion of these papers within the context of objectification theory.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s11199-010-9821-3
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Rachel Calogero
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2013 21:33 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:10 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33436 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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