Black beauty aesthetics, stylization, politics

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

Author/creator	Tate, Shirley Anne
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
Description	180 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Women, Black--Caribbean, English-speaking --Ethnic identity. Women, Black--Caribbean, English-speaking --Psychology. Women, Black--Race identity --Caribbean, English-speaking. Beauty, Personal--Caribbean, English-speaking. Self-perception in women--Caribbean, English-speaking. Caribbean, English-speaking--Social conditions. Caribbean, English-speaking--Race relations.

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?
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-171) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008039886
ISBN	9780754671459
ISBN	0754671453

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