Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women and Children

by Sarah Grogan

Sarah Grogan provides a comprehensive overview of the subject of body image, pulling together diverse research from the fields of psychology, sociology, media, and gender studies in men, women, and children.This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the significant increase in research on body image since the first edition was published, including new empirical data collected specifically for this text. In addition to examining evidence for sociocultural influences on body image, the book also reviews recent literature and includes new findings on body modification practices (cosmetic surgery, piercing, tattooing, and bodybuilding). It takes a critical look at interventions designed to promote positive body image and also attempts to link body image to physical health, looking in particular at motivations for potentially health-damaging practices such as anabolic steroid use and cosmetic surgery.The only text to date that examines the issue of body image, focusing on men and children as well as women, Body Image will be invaluable to students and researchers in the area as well as those with an interest in how to promote positive body image.

Genres: Psychology, Feminism, Nonfiction, Womens

266 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 5, 1998

Reviews

[Paula · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a sociology student currently preparing a research question on social media and body image. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the topic, especially students looking to get some piece of mind on the subject and read more about the research already done on the subject. Wonderful book! It looks like Sarah Grogan was working a lot on it, as the amount of research she put in it is stunning! Please note I have read a second edition.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

coolest thing ab this book is the cover omg!!! very interesting, if slightly outdated discourse on media’s impact on body image. in conclusion reading books ab ur problems will not solve them 😒 cool illustrations and diagrams asf tho ⛷

[Maharani WA · Rating 4 out of 5]

good

[Cody · Rating 4 out of 5]

侧重于身体满意度的研究，观点如实反映现实。
MediaEffects一章提出社会比较理论和自我图式理论能够更好地解释Body Image上的媒体效果。前者让人进行向上比较进而导致身体不满意，后者造成理想身体和实际身体之间差距带来对自我的贬低。
最后把社会地位、种族和性向等引入拓展了研究。

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am 90% sure I finished this book on a bus from maine to new york. I mean I can't prove it but I am also not going to finish reading it if I was wrong because I remember getting all the information that I needed out of it.

Basically I read it because I needed statistics on male body image that weren't about body builder. Yes, I get these from articles, but it is important to have a basis in accepted fact to compare any article to. That was the point of reading this. The book is heavily weighted toward qualitative data, or it feels that way to me but I do like my statistics so the judgment is bias. It gives a good idea of the problems on both sides. Women's "socialized discontent" and men's obsession with being bigger than other men. The studies do tend to be english and australian (but as the articles also tend to be you almost can't blame them) but a lot of the transference to america works reasonably well.