I want to be thin, like you: Gender and race as predictors of cultural expectations for thinness and attractiveness in women

Visual Communication Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 4-11

  Bissell, Kimberly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 79957607154     PISSN: 15551393     EISSN: 15551407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15551390209363479     Document Type: Article

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