Black beauty : aesthetics, stylization, politics /

Combining rich ethnographic research amongst Black British women of Caribbean heritage, with a discussion of the broader 'Black Atlantic' context, Shirley Tate offers a unique exploration of beauty, race and identity politics, revealing how Black women themselves speak about, negotiate, in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tate, Shirley Anne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Temas:
Women, Black > Caribbean, English-speaking > Ethnic identity.
Women, Black > Caribbean, English-speaking > Psychology.
Women, Black > Race identity > Caribbean, English-speaking.
Beauty, Personal > Caribbean, English-speaking.
Self-perception in women > Caribbean, English-speaking.
Femmes noires > Identité ethnique > Antilles anglophones.
Femmes noires > Antilles anglophones > Psychologie.
Perception de soi chez la femme > Antilles anglophones.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Beauty, Personal.
Race relations.
Self-perception in women.
Social conditions.
Women, Black > Psychology.
Caribbean, English-speaking > Social conditions.
Caribbean, English-speaking > Race relations.
Antilles anglophones > Conditions sociales.
Antilles anglophones > Relations raciales.
English-speaking Caribbean Area.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 'Beauty comes from within': or does it?
  • Anti-racist aesthetics in the 21st century: the matter of hair
  • 'Race', beauty and melancholia: shade
  • The shame of beauty is its transformative potential
  • 'The browning', straighteners, and fake tan
  • Hybrid black beauty?
  • Conclusion: is it all stylization and is there a need for black beauty citizenship?

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