The Power of Looks: Social Stratification of Physical Appearance
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Main Author: Berry, Bonnie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham Ashgate Pub. 2008
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Item Description:Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief History of Social Aesthetics; 3 Two Types of Appearance Power: Economic and Social Networks; 4 Minority Statuses, Inequality, and Social Aesthetics; 5 Alterations: Making Our Appearance More Suitable; 6 The Media, the Economy, Globalization, and Other Forces Associated with Social Aesthetics; 7 Methodologies: The Means to Understand Social Aesthetics; 8 Theories: Explanations of Social Aesthetics; 9 Animal Aesthetics: An Illustration of Symbolic Interactionism; 10 Transforming Social Aesthetics: Accommodation and Rebellion
11 ConclusionsAppendix: Field Notes from Seattle Street Laborers' Interviews; Bibliography; Index
Is it true that 'better looking' people have more social power? This book provides a fascinating insight into the social stratification of people based on looks - the artificial placement of people into greater and lesser power strata based on physical appearance
Physical Description:154 pages
ISBN:9780754693260
0754693260
1281766178
9781281766175

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