Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone

Name: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone
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ISBN: 9780415946087

ISBN-10: 0415946085

ISBN-13: 9780415946087

Edition: 2005

Authors: Margaret L. Hunter

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Women and the Politics of Skin Tonetackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin color continues to plague people of color today. Margaret Hunter describes how colorism leads to discrimination resulting in lower levels of education, lower incomes, and lower status husbands. In addition to issues of color, Hunter also investigates the growing phenomenon of cosmetic surgery to Anglicize facial features such as noses and lips. In startling interviews with African American and…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.42" wide x 8.94" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Colorstruck



The Color of Slavery and Conquest



Learning, Earning, and Marrying More



Black and Brown Bodies Under the Knife



The Beauty Queue Advantages of Light Skin



The Blacker the Berry Ethnic Legitimacy and Skin Tone



Color and the Changing Racial Landscape


Appendix


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