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About this book
With medical sociology and social psychology at its core, this important volume shows the complex reasons behind the misuse of various medications, how these are connected to contemporary body image and appearance concerns, and why the known health risks and possibly harmful side effects do not act as deterrents.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sarah Grogan is Professor of Psychology Health and Well-being at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Her research focuses on understanding the impact of body image on health-related behaviors such as smoking and anabolic steroid use, and the impact of aging on body image.
Brendan Gough is Professor of Social Psychology at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He is a qualitative researcher interested in men and masculinities and has published many papers on gender identities and relations, mostly in the context of health, lifestyles and wellbeing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chemically Modified Bodies
Book Subtitle: The Use of Diverse Substances for Appearance Enhancement
Editors: Matthew Hall, Sarah Grogan, Brendan Gough
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53535-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53534-4Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53535-1Published: 13 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 242
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of the Body, Medical Sociology, Self and Identity, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging