The power of looks : social stratification of physical appearance /

An 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. The author analyses different aspects of physical appearance such as faces, breasts, eye shapes, height and weight as they are re...

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Main Author: Berry, Bonnie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]
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