The scientific story of first impressions—and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incorrect We make up our minds
"Whitefield-Madrano ... examines the relationship between appearance and science, social media, sex, friendship, language, and advertising to show how beauty ac
The cultural historian and author of Keep Watching analyses American ideas about race, money, identity, and their surprising connections through history. From c
First published in 1984, Face Value confronts the pervasive power of beauty through art and literature, as well as interviews with men and women with varying pe
The Industrial Revolution was previously understood as having awakened an enormous, unquenchable thirst for material consumption. People up and down the social