Body Image -- psychology

The metamorphoses of fat: a history of obesity

by Vigarello, Georges

fromEuropean perspectives

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"Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views. Although hefty bodies were once a…

The metamorphoses of fat: a history of obesity

by Vigarello, Georges

fromEuropean perspectives

0 Type: Book

Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views. Although hefty bodies were once a …

Fat: culture and materiality

by Forth, Christopher E., Leitch, Alison, Murray, Samantha

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""Fat". In contemporary society the word never fails to elicit powerful emotions, especially as it relates to bodily health and appearance. But fat is a noun as well as an adjective and has a cultural life outside of its relationship with the human body. By focusing on the compl…

CBT for appearance anxiety: psychosocial interventions for anxiety due to vis…

by Clarke, Alex, Thompson, Andrew R., (Andrew Robert), Jenkinson, Elizabeth, (Psychologist), Rumsey, Nichola, Newell, Robert

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This book provides a CBT-based psychosocial intervention for use with individuals distressed about their appearance due to a disfigurement from birth, accident or illness, or those coping with another visible difference. This book contains a wealth of case material with specific…

CBT for appearance anxiety: psychosocial interventions for anxiety due to vis…

by Clarke, Alex

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This clinical manual provides a CBT-based psychosocial intervention for use with individuals distressed about their appearance due to a disfigurement from birth, accident or illness, or those coping with another visible difference. Contains a wealth of case material with specifi…

Becoming women: the embodied self in image culture

by Rice, Carla

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"Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the search for identity in an image-oriented world. That search is told through the experiences of a group of women who came of age in the wake of second and third wave feminism, featuring voices from marginalized and misreprese…

Becoming women: the embodied self in image culture

by Rice, Carla

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"Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the search for identity in an image-oriented world. That search is told through the experiences of a group of women who came of age in the wake of second and third wave feminism, featuring voices from marginalized and misreprese…

Becoming women: the embodied self in image culture

by Rice, Carla

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In a culture where beauty is currency, women's bodies are often perceived as measures of value and worth. The search for visibility and self-acceptance can be daunting, especially for those on the cultural margins of "beauty."Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the…

Dangerous bodies: historicising the Gothic corporeal

by Mulvey Roberts, Marie

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Through an investigation of the body and its oppression by the church, the medical profession and the state, this book reveals the actual horrors lying beneath fictional horror in settings as diverse as the monastic community, slave plantation, operating theatre, Jewish ghetto a…

Dangerous bodies: historicising the gothic corporeal

by Mulvey Roberts, Marie

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Through an investigation of the body and its oppression by the church, the medical profession and the state, this book reveals the actual horrors lying beneath fictional horror in settings as diverse as the monastic community, slave plantation, operating theatre, Jewish ghetto a…

Dangerous bodies: historicising the gothic corporeal

by Mulvey Roberts, Marie

fromManchester Gothic (Manchester, England)

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Through an investigation of the body and its oppression by the church, the medical profession and the state, 'Dangerous Bodies' reveals the actual horrors lying beneath fictional horror in settings as diverse as the monastic community, slave plantation, operating theatre, Jewish…

Illness and image: case studies in the medical humanities

by Gilman, Sander L.

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The humanities in higher education are too often labeled as impractical and are not usually valued in today's marketplace. Yet in professional fields, such as the health sciences, interest in what the humanities can offer has increased. Advocates claim the humanities offer healt…

The fat lady sings: a psychological exploration of the cultural fat c…

by Fuller, Cheryl

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"This book examines the so-called War on Obesity as an example of a cultural complex, how that complex shapes the way fat is treated in psychotherapy, including the classical Jungian approach to fat, as written by Marion Woodman. It looks at the experience of being fat as an ong…