Find a copy online
Links to this item
Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
---|---|
Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Appearance and power. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1999 (OCoLC)606004053 Online version: Appearance and power. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1999 (OCoLC)607421157 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kim K P Johnson; Sharron J Lennon |
ISBN: | 1859732984 9781859732984 1859732046 9781859732045 1847887228 9781847887221 |
OCLC Number: | 41959876 |
Description: | ix, 201 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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. |
Series Title: | Dress, body, culture. |
Responsibility: | edited by Kim K.P. Johnson and Sharron J. Lennon. |
Abstract:
This text tackles the subject of how appearance affects social interaction, and the role of larger social structures in perpetuating and institutionalizing it as an evaluation criterion. It asks questions such as what role does women's dress play in others' perceptions of consent in cases of rape?
Read more...
Reviews
Editorial reviews
Publisher Synopsis
This book ... immediately comprehends a wide range of important questions ... studies the chosen cases and also aims to encourage further research. Costume
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.


Tags
Add tags for "Appearance and power".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(11)
- Body image.
- Human body -- Social aspects.
- Clothing and dress -- Social aspects.
- Body Image
- Image du corps.
- Corps humain -- Aspect social.
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Kleidung
- Macht
- Kleding.
- Sociale aspecten.
User lists with this item (1)
- Things to Check Out(9 items)
by rsakai updated 2013-01-24