The moral underpinnings of beauty: A meaning-based explanation for light and dark complexions in advertising

Poetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-23

  Baumann, Shyon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 41549152155     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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