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Beneath the Surface
A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners
Taschenbuch von Lynn M. Thomas
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
Lynn M. Thomas constructs a transnational history of skin lighteners in South Africa and beyond, theorizing skin and skin color as a site for antiracist struggle and lighteners as a technology of visibility that both challenges and entrenches racial and gender hierarchies.
Lynn M. Thomas constructs a transnational history of skin lighteners in South Africa and beyond, theorizing skin and skin color as a site for antiracist struggle and lighteners as a technology of visibility that both challenges and entrenches racial and gender hierarchies.
Über den Autor
Lynn M. Thomas is Professor of History at the University of Washington; coeditor of The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization, also published by Duke University Press; and author of Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
A Layered History 1
1. Cosmetic Practices and Colonial Crucibles 22
2. Modern Girls and Racial Respectability 47
3. Local Manufacturing and Color Consciousness 75
4. Beauty Queens and Consumer Capitalism 98
5. Active Ingredients and Growing Criticism 150
6. Black Consciousness and Biomedical Opposition 190
Sedimented Meanings and Compounded Politics 221
Notes 237
Bibliography 293
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781478006428
ISBN-10: 1478006420
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thomas, Lynn M.
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 225 x 151 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Lynn M. Thomas
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.01.2020
Gewicht: 0,684 kg
Artikel-ID: 115907777
Über den Autor
Lynn M. Thomas is Professor of History at the University of Washington; coeditor of The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization, also published by Duke University Press; and author of Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
A Layered History 1
1. Cosmetic Practices and Colonial Crucibles 22
2. Modern Girls and Racial Respectability 47
3. Local Manufacturing and Color Consciousness 75
4. Beauty Queens and Consumer Capitalism 98
5. Active Ingredients and Growing Criticism 150
6. Black Consciousness and Biomedical Opposition 190
Sedimented Meanings and Compounded Politics 221
Notes 237
Bibliography 293
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781478006428
ISBN-10: 1478006420
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thomas, Lynn M.
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 225 x 151 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Lynn M. Thomas
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.01.2020
Gewicht: 0,684 kg
Artikel-ID: 115907777
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