Appearance and power
by Johnson, Kim K. P. Lennon, Sharron J.
"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 g…
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- Full title :Appearance and power / edited by Kim K.P. Johnson and Sharron J. Lennon.
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"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."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:1999.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Berg
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 201 pages : : illustrations, map ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1859732984, 9781859732984, 1859732046, 9781859732045, 1847887228, 9781847887221
- oclc:ocm41959876
- LC Classification:GT495
- Dewey Decimal:391.6
Table of Contents
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.
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