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The Body Beautiful : Evolutionary and Sociocultural Perspectives /

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In this volume, contributors from a range of perspectives - evolutionary psychology to anthropology, sociology to cognitive and motivational psychology - explore questions of what our attractiveness preferences are and why we find certain others physically attractive, offering a fresh perspective to...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Furnham, Adrian (Editor), Swami, Viren (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Community and Environmental Psychology.
Gender Studies.
Medical Sociology.
Sexual Behavior.
Community psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Sex (Psychology)
Sex customs.
Sex.
Social medicine.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In this volume, contributors from a range of perspectives - evolutionary psychology to anthropology, sociology to cognitive and motivational psychology - explore questions of what our attractiveness preferences are and why we find certain others physically attractive, offering a fresh perspective to understanding the perception of attractiveness.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVII, 316 pages)
ISBN:9780230596887
DOI:10.1057/9780230596887