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Body Image and Appearance
The Ultimate Teen Guide
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2009
Summary
Body image is a pervasive preoccupation for almost all teens. Nearly every teen has dealt with issues of height, weight, skin, and other features. And many teens have undertaken diets, engaged in body building programs, or resorted to surgery to alter their appearances. In Body Image and Appearance: The Ultimate Teen Guide, author Kathlyn Gay addresses all of these concerns to provide teens with a healthy way to think about themselves. This book tackles such topics as the cultural standards of what a 'perfect' body should look like, methods for changing appearances, and matters related to height, such as dwarfism and height discrimination. Throughout the book, Gay offers advice on how teens can learn to be comfortable with their bodies and move beyond unhealthy preoccupations with size and appearance.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-6645-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-6646-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
151
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Table of Contents No access
1: A Look in the Mirror No access Pages 1 - 12
2: What is the "Ideal" Body? No access Pages 13 - 24
3: Bodybuilding and Muscularity No access Pages 25 - 36
4: Shaping Up via Surgery No access Pages 37 - 48
5: Weight Bias No access Pages 49 - 64
6: Don't "Shortchange" Me! No access Pages 65 - 78
7: Dwarfs Are Not Freaks No access Pages 79 - 90
8: Disfigurement, Disabilities, and Body Image No access Pages 91 - 106
9: Matters of "Acceptable" Appearance No access Pages 107 - 122
10: Confronting Height, Weight, and Appearance Discrimination No access Pages 123 - 132
