Dress Codes: Meanings and Messages in American Culture, Ruth Rubenstein.  Cited in “Is the Return to Old Fashioned Glamour a  Good Thing?” (Posted August 5, 2010)

American Beauty: A Social History Through Two Centuries of The American Idea, Ideal and Image of the Beautiful Woman, Lois Banner. 

Cited in “Beauty: A Birthright” (Posted June, 8, 2010)

The Fine Art of Looking Younger: A Leading Cosmetic Surgeon’s Guide To Long Lasting Beauty,

Dr. Amiya Prasad MD.  Cited in “Demystifying Plastic Surgery…Kinda” (Posted on December 15, 2010)

“Look at My Ugly Face!” : Myths and Musings On Beauty And Other Perilous Obsessions With Women’s Appearance, Sara Halprin.

Cited in “Weekend Observations: Mirror, Mirror On the Wall” (Posted March 6, 2011)

French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret For Eating With Pleasure,

Mireille Giuliano.  Cited in “Ah, French Women” (Posted May 14, 2010)

Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Business,

Geoffrey Jones.  Cited in “Beauty is Beautiful” (Posted May 12, 2010)

Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty, Nancy Etcoff.  Cited in “Beauty is Beautiful” (Posted May 12, 2010)

and “Miss USA: A Pageant of Beauties or Buffoons?” (Posted on May 17, 2010)

How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like,

Paul Bloom. Cited in “What’s Behind in the Pleasure of Beauty?” (Posted December 8, 2010)

On Beauty and Being Just, Elaine Scarry.  Cited in “Pretty Justice” (Posted  on December 2, 2010)

The Architecture of Happiness, Alain De Botton.

Cited in “Weekend Observations: What Design Taste Says About You” (Posted on November 11. 2010)

The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law, Deborah Rhode.

Cited in “Is Prohibiting  Appearance Discrimination Fair for All?” (Posted September 15, 2010) and “A Legal Approach to Beauty” (Posted  May 27, 2010)

Body Works, Debra Gimlin

“A Legal Approach to Beauty” (Posted  May 27, 2010)

Let’s Face It: What Women Really Feel As Their As Their Looks Change,

Vivian Diller, PhD and Michele Willens, PhD. Cited in “An Expert’s Opinion On What Makes Us Attractive” (Posted February 3,  2011),

“Beauty Facts Proven By Science” (Posted January 12, 2011) and “Have You Had That ‘Oh Shit!’ Moment?” (Posted January 5, 2011)

Beauty, Roger Scruton. 

Cited in “Beauty: A Moral Imperative” (Posted December 16, 2010) and “What Pornography Reveals” (Posted December 15, 2010)

 

 

Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom, Catherine Hakim.  

Cited in “Erotic Capital: What We Think of It ” (Posted October, 2011)

Power: Why Some People Have It — And Others Don’t, Jeffrey Pfeffer

Cited in “The Tremendous Power of First Impressions” (Posted May 26, 2011)