The roles of stereotypes and group norms on perceptions of bodily attractiveness

The Body Beautiful: Evolutionary and Sociocultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 209-235

  Hildebrandt, Tom ^a   Latner, Janet D ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230596887     Document Type: Chapter

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