In psychology, person's perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body

Two Russian valets are tightening ties around a young officer's waist as a third man brings a uniform for him to wear. Coloured etching, 1815.

ICA Talks : AIDS: the cultural agenda / director of talks, Erica Carter.

Schooled on fat : what teens tell us about gender, body image, and obesity / Nicole Taylor.

I have a body / [Charlie Zines].

xiv, 235 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm

The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's greatest puzzle / Sylvia Tara.

Women and disability : the experience of physical disability among women / Susan Lonsdale.

100 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm + 1 poster (42 cm x 30 cm folded to 21 x 15 cm)

The fat zine. Issue one.

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Body Image

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Schooled on fat : what teens tell us about gender, body image, and obesity / Nicole Taylor.

I have a body / [Charlie Zines].

The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's greatest puzzle / Sylvia Tara.

Women and disability : the experience of physical disability among women / Susan Lonsdale.

The fat zine. Issue one.

Body Image

Images from the collections

Images about Body Image

Works from the collections

Schooled on fat : what teens tell us about gender, body image, and obesity / Nicole Taylor.

I have a body / [Charlie Zines].

The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's greatest puzzle / Sylvia Tara.

Women and disability : the experience of physical disability among women / Susan Lonsdale.

The fat zine. Issue one.

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