Black beauty : aesthetics, stylization, politics / Shirley Anne Tate.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 180 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0754671453
- 9780754671459
- Black beauty : Aesthetics, stylisation, politics
- Women, Black -- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Ethnic identity
- Women, Black -- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Psychology
- Women, Black -- Race identity -- Caribbean, English-speaking
- Beauty, Personal -- Caribbean, English-speaking
- Self-perception in women -- Caribbean, English-speaking
- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Social conditions
- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Race relations
- 305.488969729 22
- HQ1501 .T37 2009
Contents:
Introduction -- 'Beauty comes from within': or does it? -- Anti-racist aesthetics in the 21st century: the matter of hair -- 'Race', beauty and melancholia: shade -- The shame of beauty is its transformative potential -- 'The browning', straighteners, and fake tan -- Hybrid black beauty? -- Conclusion: is it all stylization and is there a need for black beauty citizenship?
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 305.488969729 TAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A277396B |
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| 305.48896073 JOR Black women, cultural images, and social policy / | 305.488963 AMA Male daughters, female husbands : gender and sex in an African society / | 305.488963975 SCH Peasants, traders, and wives : Shona women in the history of Zimbabwe, 1870-1939 / | 305.488969729 TAT Black beauty : aesthetics, stylization, politics / | 305.48897 KEE Keeping the campfires going : native women's activism in urban communities / | 305.48897071 FIR First voices : an Aboriginal women's reader / | 305.48897071 RES Restoring the balance : First Nations women, community, and culture / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index.
Introduction -- 'Beauty comes from within': or does it? -- Anti-racist aesthetics in the 21st century: the matter of hair -- 'Race', beauty and melancholia: shade -- The shame of beauty is its transformative potential -- 'The browning', straighteners, and fake tan -- Hybrid black beauty? -- Conclusion: is it all stylization and is there a need for black beauty citizenship?
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