Body shape and size depictions of African American women in JET magazine, 1953-2006

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-89

  Dawson Andoh, Nana A ^a   Gray, James J ^b   Soto, José A ^a   Parker, Scott ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American beauty ideals; African American models; Body shape; Body size; Media images

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOTYPE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL VALUES; SOMATOTYPES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 78650678691     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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