Objectified body consciousness in a developing country: A comparison of mothers and daughters in the us and nepal

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 174-185

  Crawford, Mary ^a   Lee, I Ching ^b   Portnoy, Galina ^a   Gurung, Alka ^c   Khati, Deepti ^d   Jha, Pinky ^d   Regmi, Anjana Chalise ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Body consciousness; Body image; Cross cultural comparisons; Globalization; Modernization; Mothers and daughters; Nepal; Nepalese women; Self objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349140419     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9521-4     Document Type: Article

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