ISBN:
9781136074820
,
1136074821
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (ix, 150 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Race, gender, and the politics of skin tone
DDC:
305.48896073
Keywords:
African Americans Race identity
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Mexican Americans Race identity
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African American women Social conditions
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Mexican American women Social conditions
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Interviews United States
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Human skin color Psychological aspects
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United States
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Human skin color Social aspects
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United States
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Racism United States
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Noirs américains Identité ethnique
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Américains d'origine mexicaine Identité ethnique
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Noires américaines Conditions sociales
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Américaines d'origine mexicaine Conditions sociales
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Entretiens États-Unis
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Couleur de la peau Aspect psychologique
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États-Unis
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Couleur de la peau Aspect social
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États-Unis
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Racisme États-Unis
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African Americans Race identity
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Mexican Americans Race identity
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African American women Social conditions
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Mexican American women Social conditions
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Interviews
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Human skin color Psychological aspects
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Human skin color Social aspects
;
Racism
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Mexican American women Social conditions
;
Interviews
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Human skin color Psychological aspects
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Human skin color Social aspects
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Racism
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African American women Social conditions
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African Americans Race identity
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Mexican Americans Race identity
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African American women ; Social conditions
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African Americans ; Race identity
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Human skin color ; Psychological aspects
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Human skin color ; Social aspects
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Interviews
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Mexican American women ; Social conditions
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Mexican Americans ; Race identity
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Race relations
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Racism
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Geschlechterverhältnis
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
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United States Race relations
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États-Unis Relations raciales
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United States
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Schwarze
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USA
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United States Race relations
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United States Race relations
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United States
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Schwarze
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USA
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Colorstruck -- The color of slavery and conquest -- Learning, earning, and marrying more -- Black and brown bodies under the knife -- The beauty queue: advantages of light skin -- The blacker the berry: ethnic legitimacy and skin tone -- Color and the changing racial landscape.
Abstract:
In Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone, Margaret L. Hunter describes how colorism leads to discrimination against dark-skinned African American and Mexican American women, resulting in their lower levels of education, lower incomes, and lower status husbands. Analyzing survey data and drawing on extensive quotes from women of color, Hunter describes the personal, and often private, pain of colorism in women's lives. This book demonstrates how light-skinned women gain advantages in terms of beauty status and romantic relationships while dark-skinned women are typically viewed as more authentic members of their own racial/ethnic groups. Book jacket
Description / Table of Contents:
ColorstruckThe color of slavery and conquest -- Learning, earning, and marrying more -- Black and brown bodies under the knife -- The beauty queue: advantages of light skin -- The blacker the berry: ethnic legitimacy and skin tone -- Color and the changing racial landscape.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-144) and index. - Print version record
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