Editing Body image (section)

== History ==
[[File:Italian - Portrait of a Woman as Cleopatra - Walters 37534 (2).jpg|thumb|215x215px|A noblewoman during the [[Italian Renaissance]]]][[File:Consort Zhao Hede.jpg|thumb|265x265px|Imperial consort [[Zhao Hede]] during the Chinese [[Han dynasty]]]]The phrase 'body-image' was first coined by Austrian neurologist [[Paul Schilder]] in his book ''The Image and Appearance of the Human Body'' (1935).<ref name="Schilder1999">{{cite book |last=Schilder |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2CNWxKdWhMC&pg=PA17 |title=The Image and Appearance of the Human Body: Studies in the Constructive Energies of the Psyche |publisher=Psychology Press |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-415-21081-2 |page=11 |quote=The body schema is the tri-dimensional image everyone has about himself. We may call it 'body-image'. |author-link=Paul Schilder |orig-year=1935}} This work translates and expands Schilder's 1923 work: {{cite book |last1=Schilder |first1=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kknwBgAAQBAJ |title=Das Körperschema: Ein Beitrag zur Lehre vom Bewusstsein des Eigenen Körpers |publisher=Springer-Verlag |year=1923 |isbn=9783662397954 |edition=reprint |location=Berlin |publication-date=2013 |page=2 |language=de |trans-title=The body-schema: a contribution to the study of the consciousness of one's own body |quote=Als Körperschema bezeichne ich das Raumbild, das jeder von sich selber hat. [I refer to the body-schema as the spatial image which each person has of himself.] |author-link1=Paul Schilder |access-date=October 12, 2018}}</ref>

Throughout most of history, any feature that implied social status or wealth was ideal. Because of the historical link of wealth to food, those with full-figured frames were seen as rich or powerful. In other regions cultural values and beliefs also heavily influenced body image. In the [[Han dynasty]], features such as clear skin and dark hair were highly prized, as it was thought that damaging the skin and hair your [[ancestor]]s gave you was disrespectful.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lullo |first=Sheri A. |date=2016-08-07 |title=Making up Status and Authority: Practices of Beautification in Warring States through Han Dynasty China (Fourth Century BCE–Third Century CE) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1362704X.2015.1085205 |journal=Fashion Theory |language=en |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=415–440 |doi=10.1080/1362704X.2015.1085205 |issn=1362-704X |s2cid=156907456|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Sought out characteristics have always changed with the evolution of moral and cultural values and sensibilities throughout history. However, cultural icons like [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], fashion designers, and actresses have also influenced body image perception.

[[File:Drop-the-plus-campaign.jpg|thumb|300px|A contemporary plus-size model]]

Today, advancements in communication technology have resulted in a "platform of delivery in which we intercept and interpret messages about ourselves, our self-worth, and our bodies." [[Social media]] in particular has reshaped the "perfect body", and presents inconsistent ideals for hair, body type, and skin tone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/eating-disorder/body-image-technology|title=How Technology Influences Body Image |publisher=Eating Disorder Hope |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref>