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The Body Beautiful

The Body Beautiful Evolutionary and Sociocultural Perspectives

2007th edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

In this volume, contributors from a range of perspectives - evolutionary psychology to anthropology, sociology to cognitive and motivational psychology - explore questions of what our attractiveness preferences are and why we find certain others physically attractive, offering a fresh perspective to understanding the perception of attractiveness.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780230521865
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 2007th edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 316
Weight: 540g
Height: 222mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 23mm