SOC224 : 6 Physical Appearance.docx

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC224
• Professor: James Paul Joosse

Document Summary

Master status: this is the status that is going to be predominant in our minds, no matter what. (we see someone dressed as a hippie and automatically start judging and evaluating him/her, even though our judgments are not true: there are various bars in the city, which you cannot get into depending on how you are dressed (dressed in street clothing) (cid:224) master status, sometimes you have a choice over your master status, sometimes you do not. Back stage is where you can be yourself: restaurant example: front stage (eating area) vs back stage (kitchen, professor example: front stage (wearing a blazer while teaching) vs back stage (wearing street clothing when out, or at home, seek approval from family, peers, work, etc, who sees our modifications/types of clothing, etc. E. g. glasses, contact lenses, prosthetic, cane, etc: enhances our features (cid:224) wearing prescription glasses/sunglasses to better your vision, adapting, removing or repairing, aesthetic or medical reasons.