Being large-breasted: Women negotiating embodiment

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 455-465

  Millsted, Rachel ^a   Frith, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GENDER RELATIONS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0242286170     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Atkinson Rowland Flint John Accessing hidden and hard-to-reach populations: Snowball research strategies Social Research Update 33 2001 1-7 http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/SRU33.html
2. Ayalah Daphne Weinstock Isaac Breasts: Women speak about their breasts and their lives 1979 Summit Books New York
3. Bartky Sandra L. Femininity and domination: Studies in the phenomenology of oppression 1990 Routledge London
4. Birtchnell Sandra Whitfield Patrick Lacey J. Hubert Motivational factors in women requesting augmentation and reduction mammaplasty Journal of Psychosomatic Research 34 5 1990 509-514
5. Bordo Susan Unbearable weight: Feminism, western culture, and the body 1993 University of California Press Berkeley
6. Brook Barbara Feminist perspectives on the body 1999 Longman London
7. Brownmiller Susan Femininity 1984 Paladin London
8. Carter Pam Feminism, breasts and breast feeding 1995 Macmillan London
9. Chapkis Wendy Beauty secrets 1986 The Women's Press London
10. Ciclitira Karen Weaver Jane The body The Psychologist 15 4 2002 180-181
11. Davies E. Furnham A. Body satisfaction in adolescent girls British Journal of Medical Psychology 59 3 1986 279-287
12. Davis Kathy Reshaping the female body: The dilemma of cosmetic surgery 1995 Routledge London
13. Featherstone Mike The body in consumer culture Featherstone Mike Hepworth Mike Turner Bryan The body, social process and cultural theory 1991 Sage London
14. Foucault Michel Discipline and punish: The birth of the prison 1977/1985 Penguin Harmondsworth
15. Frith Hannah Gleeson Kate Youthful bodies: Pride and privilege Paper presented at the National Women's Studies Association conference, Las Vegas 2002, June
16. Frith Hannah Gleeson Kate Young women and body display Paper presented at the British Psychological Society, Psychology of Women Conference, London 2002, July
17. Frost Liz 'Doing looks': Women, appearance and mental health Arthurs Jane Grimshaw Jean Women's bodies: Discipline and transgression 1999 Cassell London
18. Frost Liz Young women and the body: A feminist sociology 2001 Palgrave Basingstoke
19. Furnham Adrian Dias Melanie McClelland Alastair The role of body weight, waist-to-hip ratio, and breast size in judgments of female attractiveness Sex Roles 39 3/4 1998 311-326
20. Gardner Carol Brooks Passing by Sociological Inquiry 50 1980 328-356
21. Gardner Carol Brooks Safe conduct: Women, crime and self in public spaces Social Problems 37 3 1990 311-328
22. Giddens Anthony Modernity and self-identity: Self and society in the late modern age 1991 Polity Press Cambridge
23. Guthrie Elspeth Bradbury Eileen Davenport Peter Faria Frederick S. Psychosocial status of women requesting breast reduction surgery as compared with a control group of large-breasted women Journal of Psychosomatic Research 45 4 1998 331-339
24. Hayes Nicky Doing psychological research 2000 Open University Press Buckingham
25. Heilman Elizabeth The struggle for self: Power and identity in adolescent girls Youth and Society 30 2 1998 182-208
26. Holliday Ruth The comfort of identity Sexualities 2 4 1999 475-491
27. Kleinke Chris L. Staneski Richard A. First impressions of bust size Journal of Social Psychology 110 1980 123-134
28. Koff Elissa Benavage Amy Breast size perception and satisfaction, body image, and psychological functioning in Caucasian and Asian American college women Sex Roles 38 7/8 1998 655-673
29. Langellier Kristen M. Sullivan Claire F. Breast talk in breast cancer narratives Qualitative Health Research 8 1 1998 76-94
30. Lee Janet Never innocent: Breasted experiences in women's bodily narratives of puberty Feminism and Psychology 7 4 1997 453-474
31. Makki A.S. Ghanem A.A. Long-term results and patient satisfaction with reduction mammaplasty Annals of Plastic Surgery 41 1998 370-377
32. Margolis Gerald J. Goodman Robert L. Rubin Alan Pajac Thomas F. Psychological factors in the choice of treatment for breast cancer Psychosomatics 30 2 1989 192-197
33. Martin Karin A. Puberty, sexuality and self: Boys and girls at adolescence 1997 Routledge New York
34. Mazur Allan U.S. trends in feminine beauty and overadaptation Journal of Sex Research 22 1986 281-303
35. Morgan Kathryn P. Women and the knife: Cosmetic surgery and the colonization of women's bodies Hypatia 6 1991 25-53
36. Sarwer David B. Bartlett Scott P. Bucky Lois P. LaRossa Don Low David W. Pertschuk Michael J. Wadden Thomas A. Whitaker Linton A. Bigger is not always better: Body image dissatisfaction in breast reduction and breast augmentation patients Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 101 1998 1956
37. Shakespeare V. Postle K. A qualitative study of patients' views on the effects of breast-reduction surgery: A 2-year follow-up survey British Journal of Plastic Surgery 52 1999 198-204
38. Skeggs Beverly Formations of class and gender 1997 Sage London
39. Smith Dorothy Texts, facts and femininity: Exploring the relations of ruling 1990 Routledge New York
40. Steinberg Maurice D. Juliano Mary A. Wise Lesie Psychological outcome of lumpectomy versus mastectomy in the treatment of breast cancer American Journal of Psychiatry 142 1 1985 34-39
41. Tantleff-Dunn Stacey Thompson J. Kevin Breast and chest size satisfaction: Relation to overall body image and self-esteem Eating Disorders 8 2000 241-246
42. Thompson J. Kevin Tantleff Stacey Female and male ratings of upper torso: Actual, ideal and stereotypical conceptions Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 7 1992 345-354
43. Wolf Naomi The beauty myth: How images of beauty are used against women 1991 William Morrow and Company New York
44. Young Iris M. Throwing like a girl and other essays in feminist philosophy and social theory 1990 Indiana University Press Indianapolis