Format:
Online-Ressource (161 p)
ISBN:
9780415946070
Content:
Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin tone continues to plague people of color today. This is the first book to explore this well-known, yet rarely discussed phenomenon
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Colorstruck; Chapter 2 The Color of Slavery and Conquest; Chapter 3 Learning, Earning, and Marrying More; Chapter 4 Black and Brown Bodies Under the Knife; Chapter 5 The Beauty Queue Advantages of Light Skin; Chapter 6 The Blacker the Berry Ethnic Legitimacy and Skin Tone; Chapter 7 Color and the Changing Racial Landscape; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136074820
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415946070
Additional Edition:
Print version Race Gender and the Politics of Skin Tone
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
