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1 online resource |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Brown beginnings : imaging the new Negro woman in 1920s literary print culture -- Beautiful brown skin : advertising new Negro womanhood -- "Of the brown-skin type" : Madonnas, mulattas, and modern women in literary print culture -- "To a brown girl" : the Harlem Renaissance and the poetic discourse of brown -- Browning the dark princess : Asian Indian embodiment of new Negro -- Womanhood in Du Bois's fiction -- Sociological discourses on color, class, youth, and gender, from Depression to World War II -- Epilogue. |
Summary |
"Laila Haidarali's "Brown Beauty: Color, Sex, and Race from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II" is a critical study of racial issues and specifically the meanings of the word "brown" when used as a reference to physical appearance of African American women during the time period from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II"-- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
African American women -- Race identity -- 20th century.
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African American women -- Race identity. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
African American women. |
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African American women -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- United States -- 20th century.
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African American women -- Social conditions. |
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United States. |
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Beauty, Personal. |
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Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects. |
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HISTORY / United States / General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Title |
Color, sex, and race from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II |
Other Form: |
Print version: Haidarali, Laila. Brown beauty. New York : New York University Press, 2018 9781479875108 (DLC) 2017045026 (OCoLC)1007035646 |
ISBN |
9781479865499 (electronic book) |
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1479865494 (electronic book) |
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9781479875108 hardcover |
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1479875104 hardcover |
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9781479802081 paperback |
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1479802085 paperback |
Standard No. |
40028446142 |
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