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Looks : why they matter more than you ever imagined / Gordon L. Patzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patzer, Gordon L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interpersonal attraction.
- Beauty, Personal--Social aspects.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Human body--Social aspects.
- Human body.
- Sexual attraction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : AMACOM, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This eye-opening new book proves once and for all that when it comes to success, it's what's on the outside that counts.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Looks, lookism, and the media
- Older than civilization
- Pass the genes, please : how looks drive dating, courtship, and marriage
- As the twig is bent : how attractiveness affects family dynamics
- Readin', ritin', rithmetic 'n' ridicule
- The job is looking good
- Rendering judgment : how looks affect courtroom results
- Physiognomy and public service
- Seeing is believing
- The dark side of physical attractiveness
- What price for good looks?
- The big business of beauty
- Epilogue: Rising above the effects of lookism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-271) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611271404
- 9781281271402
- 1281271403
- 9780814409695
- 0814409695
- OCLC:
- 476230196
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