Call for Papers: Special Issue! Special Issue: Fiction, Fashion, and Function: Gendered Experiences of Women’s and Men’s Body Image
Guest Editors: Rachel M. Calogero and Tracy L. Tylka
Gender differences in body image are among the most robust findings in the psychological literature. These differences should not be taken lightly as they have been shown to account for a multitude of psychological disturbances in the lives of women and men. Theoretical frameworks provided by sociocultural theories (e.g., social influence, gender socialization, objectification) converge on the point that women’s, and increasingly men’s, bodies are not acceptable in their natural form. For this special issue, we seek diverse research that advances our understanding of gender similarities and differences in body image.
We take as our starting point that gender is inscribed on people’s bodies. We encourage submissions of integrative research that examine how gender informs body image at a cultural, community, and/or individual level; especially the different fictions about women’s and men’s bodies communicated by the media, the different fashions for women’s and men’s bodies promoted by formative sociocultural agents, and the different biological and social functions of women’s and men’s bodies that define their respective social roles and social value. We strongly encourage submission of empirical contributions that examine gendered experiences of body image from cross-cultural perspectives. In addition, we encourage contributions that investigate gender similarities and differences in positive body image.
Manuscripts should address issues including, but not limited to:
1. New or under-researched aspects of body image, such as positive body image, situational body image, or implicit body image.
2. New or under-represented environmental contexts in which body image messages are transmitted (e.g., schools/bullying, physical/athletic contexts, electronic/email adverts).
3. Integration of sociocultural theoretical perspectives with other literatures that address body image constructs and outcomes (e.g., evolutionary or functional theories; clinical approaches).
4. Moderators of positive and/or negative body image: What factors increase or decrease vulnerability to internalizing gendered messages about body image? What factors increase or decrease the likelihood that gendered body image perceptions and cognitions will translate into harmful behavioral tendencies (e.g., eating disorders, self-harm, steroid abuse)?
5. The mechanisms involved in the transmission and/or disruption of gendered body image messages.
All qualitative research papers should conform to the “Qualitative Research” guidelines found on the journal’s web site: http://www.springer.com/11199. Submissions are due by Dec 15, 2009 and must be submitted through the Sex Roles online submission system at: http://www.editorialmanager.com/sers/. In the cover letter, submitters should indicate that they would like their manuscript to be considered for the special issue (e.g., write it is for the “Body Image” special issue), and select the article type “Sp. Iss. – Body Image” in the online system when submitting. Queries about the special issue can be submitted to Dr. Rachel M. Calogero ( University of Kent, UK) R.M.Calogero@kent.ac.uk, and Dr. Tracy L. Tylka (Ohio State University, USA) tylka.2@osu.edu.
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