Beneath the Surface : A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners /

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"BENEATH THE SURFACE explores the use of skin lighteners within South Africa, and across Africa and the diaspora. While skin color has been a marker of difference from the precolonial era to the post-Apartheid, postcolonial present, Lynn Thomas emphasizes the varied ways in which differences in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thomas, Lynn M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Racism.
Race relations.
Human skin color > Social aspects.
Colorism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Relations raciales.
Racisme > Afrique du Sud.
Couleur de la peau > Aspect economique > Afrique du Sud.
Couleur de la peau > Aspect social > Afrique du Sud.
Colorisme > Afrique du Sud.
Racism > South Africa.
Human skin color > Economic aspects > South Africa.
Human skin color > Social aspects > South Africa.
Colorism > South Africa.
South Africa.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cosmetic practices and colonial crucibles
  • Modern girls and racial respectability
  • Local manufacturing and color consciousness
  • Beauty queens and consumer capitalism
  • Active ingredients and growing criticism
  • Black consciousness and biomedical opposition.

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