Appearance and power

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Johnson, Kim K.P.
• Lennon, Sharron J.

Publisher

Oxford: Berg, 1999

Language

English

ISBN

9781847887221

Series

Subject(s)

• BODY IMAGE
• CLOTHING AND DRESS--SOCIAL ASPECTS
• HUMAN BODY--SOCIAL ASPECTS

Notes

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Abstract

Appearance has repeatedly been shown to have a potent and immediate effect on others in a wide range of circumstances. In particular, the consequences of women's appearance are severe and have social, economic, and legal ramifications. From the more obvious role of uniforms in social control through to the subtle interplay between size and status, appearance counts. The vast number of people seeking body alterations or modifications through dieting, tattooing, piercing and plastic surgery attests to the importance of how we look, not only to others but also to ourselves.

This book tackles the charged and frequently painful subject of how appearance affects social interaction and the role of larger social structures in perpetuating and institutionalizing it as an evaluative criterion. What effect does obesity have on power(lessness)? What role does women's dress play in others' perception of consent in cases of rape? How do groups operating on the margins of mainstream society use appearance to negotiate power, make statements and effect change? What roles do gender and ethnicity play in the workplace?

This provocative book attempts not only to answer these questions, but to lay foundations for future research in an area which affects everyone in profound and often invisible ways.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xii, 198 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Survivors of rape : functions and implications of dress in a context of coercive power / Kim K.P. Johnson, Jane E. Hegland, and Nancy A. Schofield --
Dressed to commune, dressed to kill : changing police imagery in England and Wales / Malcolm Young --
Clothing, power, and the workplace / Margaret Rucker, Elizabeth Anderson, and April Kangas --
Dress for success in the popular press / Jennifer Paff Ogle and Mary Lynn Damhorst --
Sex, dress, and power in the workplace : Star trek, the next generation / Sharron J. Lennon --
The power of style : on rejection of the accepted / Gwendolyn S. O'Neal --
Even furthur : the power of subcultural style in techno culture / Suzanne Szostak-Pierce --
Social power and appearance management among women / Nancy A. Rudd and Sharron J. Lennon --
Obesity and powerlessness / Betsy Covell Breseman, Sharron J. Lennon, and Theresa L. Schulz.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	01486/21	391.6 App	Online !	Available