Description |
1 online resource (180 pages) |
Contents |
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? |
Summary |
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, inhabit, work on and perform Black beauty |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Women, Black -- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Ethnic identity
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Women, Black -- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Psychology
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Women, Black -- Race identity -- Caribbean, English-speaking
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Beauty, Personal -- Caribbean, English-speaking
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Self-perception in women -- Caribbean, English-speaking
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Beauty, Personal
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Race relations
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Self-perception in women
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Social conditions
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Women, Black -- Psychology
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SUBJECT |
Caribbean, English-speaking -- Social conditions
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Caribbean, English-speaking -- Race relations
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Subject |
English-speaking Caribbean Area
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780754691402 |
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0754691403 |
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9780754671459 |
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0754671453 |
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128205418X |
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9781282054189 |
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