The power of looks

Description:

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 related to social power and inequality.

subjects: Aesthetics,  Physical-appearance-based bias,  Social stratification,  Beauty, personal,  Body image,  Sociology,  Discrimination fondée sur l'apparence physique,  Stratification sociale,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Anthropology,  Cultural,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Public Policy,  Cultural Policy,  Popular Culture,  Soziale Schichtung,  Aussehen,  Prestige