Description |
1 online resource (180 pages) |
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Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index. |
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? |
Summary |
Combining rich ethnographic research amongst Black British women of Caribbean heritage, with a discussion of the broader 'Black Atlantic' context, Shirley Tate offers a unique exploration of beauty, race and identity politics, revealing how Black women themselves speak about, negotiate, inhabit, work on and perform Black beauty. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Women, Black -- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Ethnic identity.
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Women, Black. |
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Ethnicity. |
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Women, Black -- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Psychology.
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Psychology. |
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Women, Black -- Race identity -- Caribbean, English-speaking.
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Beauty, Personal -- Caribbean, English-speaking.
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Beauty, Personal. |
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Self-perception in women -- Caribbean, English-speaking.
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Self-perception in women. |
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Caribbean, English-speaking -- Social conditions.
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Caribbean, English-speaking -- Race relations.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Tate, Shirley Anne. Black beauty. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009 9780754671459 0754671453 (DLC) 2008039886 (OCoLC)254527653 |
ISBN |
9780754691402 (electronic book) |
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0754691403 (electronic book) |
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9780754671459 |
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0754671453 |
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128205418X |
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9781282054189 |
Standard No. |
9786612054181 |
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