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
