New PDF release: The Power of Looks: Social Stratification of Physical

By Bonnie Berry

ISBN-10: 0754647587

ISBN-13: 9780754647584

there's a asserting that attractiveness is within the eye of the beholder, implying that attractiveness is subjective. yet can or not it's acknowledged that 'better taking a look' humans have extra social strength? This ebook offers a desirable perception into the social stratification of individuals in accordance with seems to be - the substitute placement of individuals into better and lesser energy strata in accordance with actual visual appeal. the writer analyzes various points of actual visual appeal akin to faces, breasts, eye shapes, top and weight as they're relating to social energy and inequality. for instance, tall individuals are frequently linked to energy, with tall humans being obvious publicly as extra able and therefore extra deserving of strength than shorter humans. the writer furthermore assesses how people's actual visual appeal impacts their possibilities of marriage, employment, schooling, and different social and financial possibilities. The booklet contributes to and differentiates itself from present literature through emphasizing sociological conception - together with constructionism and important conception - and examine to appreciate the phenomenon of social aesthetics, a time period coined by way of the writer to consult the social response to actual appearance.

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