Body Image and Personality: Somatopsychics

Reviews the book, Body Consciousness: You Are What You Feel by Seymour Fisher (see record 1973-28992-000). In this book, the author attempts to relate body image and body feelings to an awesome array of significant behaviors and attitudes. The author has succeeded admirably in his attempt to relate...

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Published inContemporary psychology Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 723 - 724
Main Author HIMELSTEIN, PHILIP
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.1974
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Body Awareness
Body Image
Human
Personality
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Summary:Reviews the book, Body Consciousness: You Are What You Feel by Seymour Fisher (see record 1973-28992-000). In this book, the author attempts to relate body image and body feelings to an awesome array of significant behaviors and attitudes. The author has succeeded admirably in his attempt to relate body image and body feeling to a wide range of of significant behaviors and attitudes. It is the author's view that how a person feels about and perceives his body may determine such significant areas as concern for national borders, the design of homes, prejudice against the outsider, the sense of masculinity and femininity, and much more. With a fascinating blend of scientific research, anecdotal material, and daring speculation, Fisher makes the possible linkage appear to be most plausible. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0010-7549
DOI:10.1037/0012275