Appearance as Capital

The Normative Regulation of Aesthetic Capital Accumulation and Conversion

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.In an era of hyper visuality, service-based labour markets, consumer culture, and times of uncertainty, physical appearance plays an increasingly important role in producing and reinforcing social inequalities. Taking a sociological approach, the authors of Appearance as Capital examine physical appearance as a normatively regulated form of capital and explore how it is possible to accumulate and convert capital based on physical appearance. The chapters examine how norms of accumulating and converting aesthetic capital intertwine with gender, age and other forms of capital and play a role in shaping inequalities.Demonstrating how different cultural, institutional, group-specific and situational norms regulate the possibilities of accumulating and converting aesthetic capital, the authors take a critical stance towards an economics-inspired analysis of physical appearance as universally defined ‘beauty’ or ‘attractiveness’ that has standard value for all individuals. By presenting empirical work based in the context of Finnish society, often considered an egalitarian Nordic welfare state, this book provides a fresh perspective on appearance-based inequalities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-29
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:282 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:9781800437111

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Outi Sarpila is an Adjunct Professor (docent) in Economic Sociology. She is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow at the INVEST flagship, Sociology unit, University of Turku.Iida Kukkonen is a Senior Researcher at the Unit of Economic Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku.Tero Pajunen is a Senior Researcher at the Unit of Economic Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku.Erica Åberg, PhD, works as a Senior Researcher at the INVEST flagship, Sociology unit, University of Turku.

Innehållsförteckning

PART I. ACCUMULATING A GENDERED FORM OF CAPITALChapter 1. Physical Appearance as a Form of Capital: Key Problems and Tensions; Iida KukkonenChapter 2. Who Performs Appearance Work, and Who Believes Appearance Works? Gendered Appearance Beliefs and Practices in Finland; Iida KukkonenChapter 3. The Metrosexual Who Never Visited Finland – The Eternal Gender Gap in Appearance-Related Consumption; Outi SarpilaChapter 4. Seeking Age-Appropriate Appearance Among Ageing Men; Hanna Ojala and Ilkka Pietilä PART II. CONTESTED CONVERSIONS – EVERYDAY (RE)WORKINGS OF AESTHETIC CAPITAL Chapter 5. Too Smart-Looking for a Waiter? – Scripting Appearance Norms at the Theatre of Working-Life; Tero Pajunen Chapter 6. Generating Aesthetic Capital: Prospects from Autobiographical Narratives; Tero Pajunen Chapter 7. The Ouroboros of Seeking Validation? Exploring the Interconnection of Appearance (dis)Satisfaction and Content Creation on Social Media; Erica Åberg and Aki Koivula Chapter 8. Sofie’s World: Resistance Toward the Thin Ideal in Sofie Hagen’s Fat Activist Online Content; Anna Puhakka Chapter 9. Well-Beshaved Women Rarely Make History – Exploring the Contestation of the Hairless Beauty Ideal with Case #januhairy; Erica Åberg and Laura Salonen