The Body Beautiful: Evolutionary and Sociocultural Perspectives

by Viren Swami

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349356646
• ISBN13: 9781349356645
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"