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Author:
Sinkman, Ellen, 1946-
Title:
The psychology of beauty : creation of a beautiful self / Ellen Sinkman.
Publisher:
Jason Aronson,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
xii, 173 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Body image.
Beauty, Personal--Psychological aspects.
Aesthetics--Psychological aspects.
Self-perception.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Pygmalion and his living sculpture -- Prehistoric and literary eras: seeking a beautiful self -- Ordinary beauty and timeless fantasies -- Re-birth, transformation, or growth: narcissistic hurdles in the quest to become beautiful -- The misplaced therapist: in search of pygmalion on and off the couch -- Reaching farther for a pygmalion experience: artistic beauty or pathological excursions -- Perverse aspects in the urge to become beautiful: use and abuse in pygmalion dyads -- The intersection of the biology and psychology of beauty -- Understanding the invisibility of beauty in clinical work: translating the unseen -- Doing versus talking in clinical work: cautionary tales for working successfully with beauty issues -- Creating beauty: evolutionary and cutting edge perspectives -- Variations on definitions of beauty -- Beauty, gender identity, and primary femininity -- Origins and endings of beauty.
ISBN:
0765708426 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780765708427 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)809616044
LCCN:
2012042196
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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