David Cohen

How We See Ourselves

How Psychology, Society and the Media Impact our Body Image

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This light-hearted and entertaining book, authored by top psychologist David Cohen, explores the influences and impacts on our perception of body image, examining the power of appearance and the psychology behind how we think and feel about ourselves physically.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032546285
• ISBN-10: 103254628X
• Artikelnr.: 71235799

Autorenporträt

David Cohen is a psychologist, film maker, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. His film on the Soham murders, When Holly Went Missing, was nominated for a BAFTA award.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Chapter 1. The Components of Body Image. Chapter 2 Body Image
Ideals through the Ages. Chapter 3. The Academic Study of Body Image.
Chapter 4. The Effect of Social Media on Body Image. Chapter 5. The Effect
of Media and Celebrities on Body Image. Chapter 6. Case histories in Eating
disorders, Body Image Disturbance and Body Dysmorphia. Chapter 7. Are you
fit to exercise?. Chapter 8. Tattoos and Body Piercings. Chapter 9. Facial
disfigurement and face transplants. Chapter 10. The troubled language of
disability. Chapter 11. The significance of hair on body image. Chapter 12.
Baldness and hair trauma. Chapter 13. Body image as we age.