Title Is lighter better? : skin-tone discrimination among Asian Americans / Joanne L. Rondilla and Paul Spickard

Published Lanham ; Plymouth : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2007] ©2007

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Description x, 148 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Colorism in Asian America -- The darker and lighter sister : telling our stories -- The survey -- Making a better me? Pure. White. Flawless -- The unkindest cut : cosmetic surgery Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-142) and index Subject Asian Americans -- Race identity. Asian Americans -- Attitudes. Race discrimination -- United States. Racism -- United States. Human skin color -- United States -- Psychological aspects. Human skin color -- Social aspects -- United States. Asian Americans -- Social conditions. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Author Spickard, Paul R., 1950- LC no. 2006028999 ISBN 9780742554931 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742554937 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742554948 (paper : alk. paper) 0742554945 (paper : alk. paper)

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