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Body Image

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

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Body Image

2 images from works
  • 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.

Works from the collections

247 works

    • Books

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

    Taylor, Nicole, 1972- | Date: 2016
    • Books

    Minding muscle : the technologies of bodybuilding from the turn-of-the-century machine-man to the new millennium's ULTRAGIRL / by Jacqueline Brady.

    Brady, Jacqueline. | Date: 2000
    • Books

    I have a body / [Charlie Zines].

    Charlie Makes Zines | Date: [2016?]
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    The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's greatest puzzle / Sylvia Tara.

    Tara, Sylvia | Date: [2016]
    • Books

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

    Lonsdale, Susan | Date: 1990

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