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Black America, Body Beautiful : How the African American Image Is Changing Fashion, Fitness, and Other Industries by Bailey, Eric J., 1958- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Despite all the medical and media attention focused on the rate of overweight and obesity in the African American population, African American images and body types are greatly influencing changes in the fashion, fitness, advertising, television and movie industries. This is because overweight, like beauty, can be in the eye of the beholder. Most research studies investigating attitudes about body image and body type among African Americans have shown they are more satisfied with their bodies than are their white counterparts and that there appears to be a wider range of acceptable body shapes and weights, and a more flexible standard of attractiveness, among black Americans as compared to whites. That fact is not being lost on leaders of industries that might profit from understanding this wider range of beauty, as well as playing to it. In this book, medical anthropologist Eric Bailey introduces and explains the self-acceptance and body image satisfaction of African Americans, and traces how that has spurred changes in industry. His book fills the void of scientific evidence to enhance the understanding of African Americans' perceptions related to body image and beautyand is the

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Author

Bailey, Eric J., 1958-

Publisher

Praeger; Bloomsbury

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9798400619410

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Psychology, History