Author: Branded Bodies

Stereotype embodiment theory…

Donizzetti, A., R. (2019). Ageism in an ageing society: The role of knowledge, anxiety about aging, and stereotypes in young people and adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph1608132.

Krauss Whitborne, S., & Sneed, J. R. (2004). The paradox of well-being, identity processes, and stereotype threat: Ageism and its potential relationship to the self in later life (chapter 8). In T. D. Nelson (Ed), Ageism: Stereotyping and prejudice against older persons (pp. 247-273). MIT Press.

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype Embodiment: A psychosocial approach to aging. Current Directions in Psychological Science., 18(6), 322-36. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1467-8721.2009.01662.x

The normalised gaze…

Gendron, T. L., & Lydecker, J. (2016). The thin-youth ideal: Should we talk about aging anxiety in relation to body image? The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 82(4), 255-270. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0091415016641693.

MacLachlan, M., Mháille, G.N., Gallagher, P., Desmond, D. (2012). Embodiment and appearance (chapter 3). In N. Rumsey, & D. Harcourt (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance (pp. 23-35). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Schaefer, L.M, Burke, N.L., Thompson, J.K., Dedrick, R.F., Heinberg, L.J., Calogero, R.M., Bardone-Cone, A.M., Higgins, M.K., Fredrick, D.A., Kelly, M., Anderson, D.A., Schaumberg, K., Nerini, A., Stefanile, C., Dittmar, H., Clark, E., Adams, Z., Macwana, S., Klump, K.L., Vercellone, C., Paxton, S.J., Swami, V. (2015). Development and validation of the sociocultural attitudes towards appearance questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4). American Psychological Association, 27(1), 54-67. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0037917.

Aesthetic objectification = othering…

Frith, H. (2012). Appearance and Society (Chapter 2). In N. Rumsey and D. Harcourt (Eds.): The Oxford handbook of the psychology of appearance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Platt, L., F., & Lenzen, A., L. (2013). Sexual orientation microaggressions and the experience of sexual minorities. Journal of Homosexuality, 60(7), 1011-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2013.774878.

Skeggs, B. (2005). Exchange, value and affect: Bourdieu and ‘the self’. Sociological Review, 52(2), 75-95. https://doi-org.arts.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2005.00525.x.

Skeggs, B. (2005). The Making of Class and Gender through Visualizing Moral Subject Formation. Sociology, 39(5), 965-82. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0038038505058381.

Raisborough, J., & Adams, M. (2008). Mockery and morality in popular cultural representations of the white, working class. Sociological Research Online, 13(6), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.5153%2Fsro.1814.

Valentine, J. (1998). Naming the other: power, politeness and the inflation of euphemisms. Sociological Research Online, 3(4). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.5153/sro.184.

Appearance comparisons…

Frith, H. (2012). Appearance and Society (Chapter 2). In N. Rumsey and D. Harcourt (Eds.): The Oxford handbook of the psychology of appearance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Goffman, E. (1990). Stigma: notes on the management of spoiled identity. Penguin Group. (Original work published 1963).

Thompson, A.R. (2012). Researching Appearance: Models, theories, and frameworks (chapter 9). In N. Rumsey, & D. Harcourt (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Veale, D. (2004). Advances in a cognitive behavioural model of body dysmorphic disorder. Body Image, 1, 113-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1740-1445(03)00009-3.

Fat! Ugly! Loser! Nerd! Stupid!

Dion, K., Berscheid, E., & Walster, E. (1972). What is beautiful is good. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 24(3), 285-290. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0033731.

Fredrickson, B. L., Roberts, T. A. (1997). Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21(2), 173-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00108.x.

Rumsey, N. & D. Harcourt (Eds.)(2012). The Oxford handbook of the psychology of appearance. Oxford University Press.

Being laughed at = painful emotional experience

Grogan, S. (2017). Body Image: Understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women and children. Routledge.

Magin, P., Adams, J., Heading, G., Pond, D., & Smith, W. (2008). Experiences of appearance-related teasing and bullying in skin diseases and their psychological sequelae: Results of a qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 22(3), 430-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00547.x.

Rumsey, N., & Harcourt, D. (2012). The Oxford handbook of the psychology of appearance. Oxford University Press.

You’re perfectly fit & healthy…

Janes, L. M., & Olson, J. M. (2000). Jeer pressures: The behavioral effects of observing ridicule in others. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 26(4), 474-485. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0146167200266006.

Janes, L. M., & Olson, J. M. (2015). Humor as an abrasive or a lubricant in social situation: Martineau revisited. Humor, 28(2), 271-288. https://DOI 10.1515/humor-2015-0021

Negative humour = coping mechanism

Ford, T. E., & Ferguson, M. A. (2004). Social consequences of disparagement humor: A prejudiced norm theory. Personality and Social Psychology Review, (8)1, 79-94. https://doi.org/10.1207%2FS15327957PSPR0801_4

Hodson, G., & MacInnis, C. C. (2016). Derogating Humor as a delegitimization strategy in intergroup contexts. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2(1), pp. 63-74. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/tps0000052

Meyer, J. C. (2000). Humor as a double-edged sword: four functions of humor in communication, Communication Theory, 10(3), 310–331, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.2000.tb00194.x