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Style & status : selling beauty to African American women, 1920-1975 /

Examines twentieth-century commercial beauty culture in terms of race and gender. This work demonstrates that while black women's beauty culture often mirrored that of white women in important ways, it remained distinctive because it explicitly articulated racial politics in the United States.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Susannah, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Examines twentieth-century commercial beauty culture in terms of race and gender. This work demonstrates that while black women's beauty culture often mirrored that of white women in important ways, it remained distinctive because it explicitly articulated racial politics in the United States.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index.
ISBN:9780813172194
0813172195
9780813137513
0813137519
9780813134802
0813134803