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Title: Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty by Nancy Etcoff ISBN: 0-385-47942-5 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 05 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.79 (52 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: interesting, scientific, well-documented
Comment: Besides being an entertaining read, this book answers questions I have pondered before, like what does it mean to be beautiful and why are people attracted to beauty.
I think these questions have been ignored by many because they're not especially politically correct and they may be deemed frivolous and unscientific. But Dr. Etcoff gives these issues the scientific and historical analysis they deserve, and she backs up her statements with hard facts.
Dr. Etcoff also touches on related issues like fashion and, my favorite part of the book, scents.
It doesn't seem like Dr. Etcoff had any kind of agenda while writing this book. This may be the main thing that sets this book apart from other writings on beauty. It is refreshingly impartial and intelligent.
Rating: 5
Summary: Entertaining, diverse, informative
Comment: "Survival of the Prettiest" collects together hundreds of points of research on beauty, linking them into a cohesive, well-written whole. The relevance of appearance is tracked from its theoretical origins to modern-day society; the author makes good use of both historical and contemporary evidence to make points in each chapter.
With an extensive bibliography, this book provides the reader the chance to research further any individual topic discussed. Many points were made that floored me; the one that comes to mind easiest is that the American stereotypical role-model image of beauty has been changing slowly to incorporate the influences of many cultures.
This book would make a wonderful coffee-table reader, as well as a useful read for anyone interested in understanding why attraction and beauty have so much influence on our everyday lives. Recommended reading.
Rating: 4
Summary: more intriguing evolutionary psychology fare
Comment: "Survival of the Prettiest", to me was yet more fascinating evolutionary psychology fare. I just love this stuff. Don't be turned off by the introduction. It reads like an editorial and is actually more like a conclusion. It contains few of those juicy research tidbits that makes evolutionary psychology so interesting. The juicy bits of information start in the second chapter and keep going right on into the last. This book read like a page turning murder mystery. If you liked "Survival of the Prettiest" you might also like the following books: Robert Wright, The Moral Animal: Why we are the way we are, the new scinece of evolutionary psychology; David Barash, The Whisperings Within; Matt Ridley, The Red Queen; Matt Ridley, Nature via Nuture; David Barash, The myth of Monogamy; and David Barash, Making Sense of Sex. Other books on my reading list are: Barash & Lipton, The Gender Gap, David Buss, The Evolution of Desire, and Geoffrey Miller, The Mating Mind.
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Title: The Face : A Natural History by Daniel McNeill ISBN: 0316588121 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating by David M. Buss ISBN: 046500802X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf ISBN: 0060512180 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by Geoffrey Miller ISBN: 038549517X Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Human Face by Brian Bates, John Cleese, British Broadcasting Corporation ISBN: 0789478366 Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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