Appearance and power / edited by Kim K. P. Johnson and Sharron J. Lennon. - Oxford : Berg, 1999. - ix, 201p. : ill., facsim., map ; 24 cm. - Dress, body, culture .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Specialized.

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Body image.
Body, Human--Social aspects.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects.

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