Intergenerational Variation in Cultural Models of Body Size in Puerto Rico
abstract: Culture informs ideas about healthy and acceptable body types. Through globalization the U.S.-European body model has become increasingly significant in local contexts, influencing local body models. While Puerto Ricans have historically valued plump bodies - a biocultural legacy of a hist...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17957 |