Denying Diversity: Perceptions of Beauty and Social Comparison Processes Among Latina, Black, and White Women

By M. Poran. 2002

140 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Marketing, Sociology and Political Science

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In Gender Studies

1. P. Leavy
2. R. Hall
3. J. K. Thompson
4. D. Quinn
5. V. B. Agocha
6. Nicole M. Overstreet

In Marketing

1. P. Leavy
2. R. Hall
3. J. K. Thompson
4. D. Quinn
5. V. B. Agocha
6. Nicole M. Overstreet
7. M. Tiggemann

In Sociology and Political Science

1. P. Leavy
2. R. Hall
3. J. K. Thompson
4. D. Quinn
5. Courtney Quinn
6. Nicole M. Overstreet
7. Lesley Hoggart

Citations in the corpus

• Racism in the 21st century : an empirical analysis of skin color (2008, background): “between what one wants to look like and what one actually looks like can make life difficult, particularly for women, for whom the manic pursuit of physical perfection can lead all too often to chronically low self-esteem and eating disorders (Poran 1991).”
• Real Women Have Curves (2008, unknown): “Although evidence does not unilaterally support the presence of a larger body ideal in Latino/a culture (Cachelin, Rebeck, Chung, & Pelayo, 2002; Crago et al., 1996; Franko & Herrera, 1997; Poran, 2002), young Latina women have articulated a body ideal that has more “feminine curves” than the domina”
• Erratum to: Beyond Thinness: The Influence of a Curvaceous Body Ideal on Body Dissatisfaction in Black and White Women (2010, background): “Emphasizing societal standards of thinness as the ideal of feminine beauty can deny diversity in other cultural standards of beauty that can be potential sources of body dissatisfaction for women of different racial and ethnic backgrounds ( Poran 2002 ).”
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder among Diverse Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Orientation Groups: Prevalence Estimates and Associated Factors (2010, background): “The general body image literature has demonstrated differences in concern with appearance and satisfaction with a variety of body sites by racial/ethnic groups, suggesting that Caucasian Americans and Latinos/as report higher levels of dissatisfaction with their bodies when compared to those from Af”
• The mass marketing of disordered eating and Eating Disorders: The social psychology of women, thinness and culture (2006, background): “While social comparison research has typically been racially limited, or has found women of color to be " more protected " from social comparisons, Poran (2002) found that social comparisons to dominant media differ for Latina, African-American, and White women and in fact Latina women may…”