| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Afro-textured hair and the CROWN Act -- What black women political elites look like matters -- Candid conversations, black women political elites, & appearances -- Sisterly discussions on black women candidates -- Is there a black woman candidate prototype? -- Voter responses to black women candidates -- Linked fate, black voters, and black women candidates -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"In The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites we situate Black women's bodies, specifically their hair texture and skin tone to argue that phenotypic differences among Black women politicians directly impact for how they experience political office and how Black voters evaluate them. We bring together an interdisciplinary, multi-method, and blended epistemological approach of positivism and interpretivism to ask whether African American women's appearances provide a more nuanced lens through which to study how their raced/gendered identities impact their candidacies and shape their political behavior.This book takes a deep dive into intersectional theory-building, in which we examine the intra-categorical differences among Black women. We find that Black women vary in their political experiences due to their appearances and that dominant, Eurocentric, beauty standards influence the electoral chances of Black women. Skin tone and hair texture, along with the historical legacies that have shaped the current cultural and political contexts, dictate Black women elites' political experiences and voter evaluations of them"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed September 3, 2021) |
| Subject |
African American women -- Political activity
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African American women politicians.
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Beauty, Personal -- Political aspects -- United States
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Hairstyles -- Social aspects -- United States
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Colorism -- United States
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African Americans -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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African American women -- Political activity
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African American women politicians
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African Americans -- Politics and government
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Colorism
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Hairstyles -- Social aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lemi, Danielle Casarez, author.
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| LC no. |
2020044165 |
| ISBN |
9780197540602 |
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0197540600 |
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9780197540596 |
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0197540597 |
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9780197540619 |
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0197540619 |
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