Beauty Bias Discrimination and Social Power

Name: Beauty Bias Discrimination and Social Power
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ISBN: 9780275990121

ISBN-10: 0275990125

ISBN-13: 9780275990121

Edition: 2007

Authors: Bonnie Berry

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Society has always been fixated on looks and celebrities, but how we look has deep ramifications for ordinary people too. In this book, Bonnie Berry explains how social inequality pertains to prejudice and discrimination against people based on their physical appearance. This form of inequality overlaps with other, better-known forms of inequality such as those that result from sexism, racism, ageism, and homophobia. Social inequality regarding looks is notable in a number of settings: work, medical treatment, romance, and marriage, to mention a few. It is experienced as limitations on access to social power. Berry discusses the pressures to be attractive and the methods by which we strive…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 7/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: The Power of Looks



The Ramifications



Looks and Health



Looks and Romance



Looks and the Workplace



The Pressures



The Diet, Fitness, and Supplements Industries



Cosmetics, Cosmeceuticals, and Other Superficial Changes



The Plastic Surgery Industry



The System



The Medical and Health Insurance Communities



The Legal Community



The Economy, Globalization, and Power



Conclusion: Toward an Acceptance of Looks Diversity


Appendixes



Filmography



Selected Resources


Notes


Bibliography


Subject Index


Name Index