Sunday, January 17, 2010

Race and Beauty: Cultural comparisons #3

When you think of a "model", the first thing that probably comes to mind is a very attractive woman or man fulfilling a very specific visual criteria: Tall, blonde, sexy and rather intimidating. But if you really think about the term "model" the last thing that comes to your mental image is the "face" of the model. We, in the U.S, in regards to advertising focus so much on the body and how it