Fashioning postfeminism : spectacular femininity and transnational culture /

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"Women in Lagos, Nigeria, practice a spectacularly feminine form of black beauty. From cascading hair extensions to immaculate makeup to high heels, their style permeates both day-to-day life and media representations of women not only in a swatch of Africa but across an increasingly globalized...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dosekun, Simidele (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Colección:Dissident feminisms.
Temas:
Women > Nigeria > Lagos > Social conditions.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > Nigeria > Lagos.
Feminism > Nigeria > Lagos.
Femmes > Nigeria > Lagos > Conditions sociales.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) > Nigeria > Lagos.
Féminisme > Nigeria > Lagos.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Feminism.
Women > Social conditions.
Nigeria > Lagos.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A New Style of Femininity
  • Contextual Crossroads: African Women in the World of Things
  • Choosing It All: From Pleasure to Self-Confidence to Pain
  • "I'm Working, You Know": The Serious Business of Spectacularity
  • Globally Black, "Naija," and Fabulous: Asserting Authentic Selves
  • "Not That Kinda Girl": Resignifying Hyperfemininity for Postfeminist Times
  • Conclusion: A New Fashion for Feminism?

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