Physical attractiveness, race, and somatic prejudice in Bahia, Brazil

Adaptation and Human Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 133-154

  Jones, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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