(Un)attractiveness as Racial Hierarchy

Augoustinos, M., Walker, I., & Donaghue, N. (2014). Social cognition: an integrated introduction (3rd Ed.). Sage.

Blair, I. V., Judd, C. M., Sadler, M. S.., Jenkins, C. (2002). The role of Afrocentric features in person perception: Judging by features and categories. Attitudes and Social Cognition.

Ma, D. S., Correll, J., and Wittenbrink, B. (2018). The effects of categories and physical features on stereotyping and evaluation. Journal of experimental social psychology.

Maddox, K. B. (2004). Perspectives on racial phenotypicality biasPersonality and Social Psychology Review.

Singer, T., & Kaplinsky C. (2010). Cultural Complexes in Analysis. In M. Stein (ed.), In Jungian psychoanalysis: Working in the spirit of C.G. Jung.

Singer, T., & Kimbles, S. L. (2004). The cultural complex: Contemporary Jungian perspectives on the psyche and society. Brunner-Routledge.

Stepanova E., V., and Strube, M. J. (2018). Attractiveness as a function of skin-tone and facial features: Evidence from categorization studies. The Journal of General Psychology.

Western Eurocentric Aesthetic…

Ma, D. S., Correll, J., and Wittenbrink, B. (2018). The effects of categories and physical features on stereotyping and evaluation. Journal of experimental social psychology.

Maddox, K. B. (2004). Perspectives on racial phenotypicality biasPersonality and Social Psychology Review.

Stepanova E., V., and Strube, M. J. (2018). Attractiveness as a function of skin-tone and facial features: Evidence from categorization studies. The Journal of General Psychology.

Beauty + Ethnocentrism

Etcoff, N. (1999). Survival of the prettiest: The science of beauty. Little, Brown and Company.

Herskovits, M. J. (1937). The significance of the study of acculturation for anthropologyAmerican Anthropologist.

Kang, J. M. (1997). Deconstructing the ideology of white aesthetics. Michigan journal of race & law.

Keesing, R. M. (1965). Cultural Anthropology: A contemporary perspective. Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Sumner, W. G. (1906). Folkways: A study of mores, manners, customs and morals. New York: Ginn and Company.

Van der Geest, S. (1995). Overcoming ethnocentrism: how social science and medicine relate and should relate to one anotherSocial Science & Medicine.

Westermarck, E. (1921). The history of human marriage. Macmillan.

The Tyranny of Attractiveness

Anderson, T. L., Grunert, C., Katz, A., & Lovascio, S. (2010). Aesthetic capital: A research review on beauty perks and penaltiesSociology Compass.

Bauldry, S., Shanahan, M. J., Russo, R., Roberts, B. W., & Damian, R. (2016). Attractiveness compensates for low status background in the prediction of educational attainmentPloS one.

Berscheid, E. (1981). An overview of the psychological effects of physical attractiveness. In Lucker, G. W., Ribbens, K. A. & J. A. McNamara Jr. (Eds.), Psychological aspects of facial form: proceedings of a sponsered symposium honoring Professor Robert E. Moyers. Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan.

Dion, K. K., & Berscheid, E. (1974). Physical attractiveness and peer perception among childrenSociometry.

Gordon, R. A., Crosnoe, R., & Wang, X. (2013). Physical attractiveness and the accumulation of social and human capital in adolescence and young adulthood: assets and distractionsMonographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Hamermesh, D. S., & Biddle, J. (1993). Beauty and the labor market. National Bureau of Economic Research.

Mears, A. (2014). Aesthetic labor for the sociologies of work, gender, and beautySociology Compass.

Sangrador, J. L., & Yela, C. (2000). ‘What is beautiful is loved’: Physical attractiveness in love relationships in a representative sampleSocial Behavior and Personality: an international journal.

Scholz, J. K., & Sicinski, K. (2015). Facial attractiveness and lifetime earnings: Evidence from a cohort studyReview of Economics and Statistics.

Sheehan, C. M., & Hamermesh, D. S. (2024). Looks and longevity: Do prettier people live longer? Social Science & Medicine.

Attractiveness research + white gaze

De La Garza, H., & Vashi, N. A. (2024). The Concept of Beauty and Its Evolutionary Basis. In Critical Thinking in Contemporary Dermatology: Cognitive Essays.

Feingold, A. (1992). Good-looking people are not what we thinkPsychological bulletin.

Kang, J. M. (1996). Deconstructing the ideology of white aestheticsMichigan Journal of Race and Law.

Langlois, J. H., Kalakanis, L., Rubenstein, A. J., Larson, A., Hallam, M., & Smoot, M. (2000). Maxims or myths of beauty? A meta-analytic and theoretical reviewPsychological bulletin.

Maddox, K. B. (2004). Perspectives on racial phenotypicality biasPersonality and Social Psychology Review.

Saad, A., Hewett, S., Nolte, M., Delaunay, F., Saad, M., & Cohen, S. R. (2018). Ethnic rhinoplasty in female patients: the neoclassical canons revisitedAesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Donyale Luna

Cazzangia, D. (2023). Donyale Luna changed the face of fashion in the ’60s. Now, the revolutionary Black model is finally getting her due. British Vogue online.

Jefferson, N. (Director). (2023). Donyale Luna: Supermodel [documentary]. HBO.

Collins, C. (2023). Donyale Luna, the trailblazing Black supermodel gets her due. W magazine online.

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, October 13). Donyale Luna. Wikipedia.

Hypodescent

Dovidio, J. F., Gaertner, S. L., & Pearson, A. R. (2017). Aversive Racism and Contemporary Bias.

Ho, A. K., Sidanius, J., Levin, D. T., & Banaji, M. R. (2011). Evidence for hypodescent and racial hierarchy in the categorization and perception of biracial individualsJournal of personality and social psychology100(3), 492.

Pauker, K., Meyers, C., Sanchez, D. T., Gaither, S. E., & Young, D. M. (2018). A review of multiracial malleability: Identity, categorization, and shifting racial attitudesSocial and Personality Psychology Compass12(6), e12392.

Rajan-Rankin, S. (2018). Race, embodiment, and later life: Re-animating aging bodies of color. Journal of Aging Studies, 45, 32–38.

Veenstra, G. (2011). Mismatched racial identities, colourism, and health in Toronto and Vancouver. Social Science & Medicine, 73(8), 1152–1162.

Vince, R. (2024). After Objectification: Locating HarmJournal of Applied Philosophy41(3), 442-462.

Young, D. M., Sanchez, D. T., Pauker, K., & Gaither, S. E. (2021). A meta-analytic review of hypodescent patterns in categorizing multiracial and racially ambiguous targets. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(5), 705–727.

Nasus Geometric

Farkas, L.G., Kolar, J.C. & Munro, I.R. (1986). Geography of the nose: A morphometric studyAesthetic Plastic Surgery, 10, 191–223.

Guerrieri, M., Omer, G. L., Rashid, R. H., & Di Girolamo, S. (2022). Shape and function of the nose. In P. G. Giacomini (Ed.), Mediterranean rhinoplasty (pp. 1-20). Springer.

Marks, T., Maddux, S. D., Butaric, L. N., & Franciscus, R. G. (2019). Climatic adaptation in human inferior nasal turbinate morphology: evidence from arctic and equatorial populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 169(3), 498-512.

Saad, A., Hewett, S., Nolte, M., Delaunay, F., Saad, M. & Cohen, S. R. (2018). Ethnic Rhinoplasty in Female Patients: The Neoclassical Canons RevisitedAesthetic Plastic Surgery, 42, 565–576.

Zaidi, A. A., Mattern, B. C., Claes, P., McEcoy, B., Hughes, C., & Shriver, M. D. (2017). Investigating the case of human nose shape and climate adaptationPLoS genetics13(3), e1006616.

Facial features + trait stereotyping

Blair, I. V., Judd, C. M., Sadler, M. S., & Jenkins, C. (2002). The role of Afrocentric features in person perception: judging by features and categoriesJournal of personality and social psychology83(1), 5

Dion, K., Berscheid, E., & Walster, E. (1972). What is beautiful is good. Journal of personality and social psychology24(3), 285.

Jablonski, N. G. (2021). Skin color and raceAmerican journal of physical anthropology175(2), 437-447.

Maddox, K. B., & Gray, S. A. (2002). Cognitive representations of Black Americans: Reexploring the role of skin tonePersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin28(2), 250-259.

Zebrowitz, L. A., & Collins, M. A. (1997). Accurate social perception at zero acquaintance: The affordances of a Gibsonian approachPersonality and social psychology review1(3), 204-223.

Cesare Lombroso

Albrecht, A. (1910). Cesare Lombroso. A Glance at his life workJournal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology1(2), 71-83.

Knepper, P., & Ystehede, P. J. (Eds.). (2013). The Cesare Lombroso Handbook (preview). New York: Routledge.

Knepper, P., & Ystehede, P. J. (Eds.). (2013). The Cesare Lombroso Handbook. New York: Routledge.

Lombroso, C. (2006). Criminal Man (M. Gibson & N. H. Rafter, Trans.). Duke University Press. (Original work published 1876).