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Author Tate, Shirley Anne.

Title Black beauty : aesthetics, stylization, politics / Shirley Anne Tate.

Publication Info. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]
©2009

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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.
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Subject Women, Black -- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Ethnic identity.
Women, Black.
Ethnicity.
Women, Black -- Caribbean, English-speaking -- Psychology.
Psychology.
Women, Black -- Race identity -- Caribbean, English-speaking.
Beauty, Personal -- Caribbean, English-speaking.
Beauty, Personal.
Self-perception in women -- Caribbean, English-speaking.
Self-perception in women.
Caribbean, English-speaking -- Social conditions.
Caribbean, English-speaking -- Race relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
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)
0754691403 (electronic book)
9780754671459
0754671453
128205418X
9781282054189
Standard No. 9786612054181