ISBN:
0897895584
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 142 p)
,
ill
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Non-Series
Series Statement:
Non-Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Blue Veins and Kinky Hair : Naming and Color Consciousness in African America
DDC:
305.896/073
Keywords:
Names, Personal African American
;
African Americans Race identity
;
Race awareness
;
African Americans ; Race identity
;
Names, Personal ; African American
;
Race awareness ; United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The author explores how Africans in America internalized the negative images created of them by the European world, and how internalized racism has worked to fracture African American unity and thereby dilute inchoate efforts toward liberation. In the late 1960s, change began with the Black Is Beautiful slogan and new a consciousness, which went hand in hand with Black Power and pan-African movements. The author argues that for any people to succeed, they must first embrace their own identity, including physical characteristics. Naming, skin color, and hair have been topical issues in the Afri
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Renaming African People; 2. Mulattoes and Color Consciousness in the United States; 3. Hair and Color Consciousness in African America; 4. Hair and Skin Color in Africa and the African Diaspora; 5. The Dekinking of African Hair; Appendices; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-134) and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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