Black beauty : aesthetics, stylization, politics /
Black beauty : Aesthetics, stylisation, politics
Shirley Anne Tate.
- 180 pages ; 24 cm
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?