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UNINA9910454090203321 |
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Autore |
Tate Shirley Anne |
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Titolo |
Black beauty : aesthetics, stylization, politics / / Shirley Anne Tate |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-317-17401-1 |
1-315-56944-2 |
1-317-17400-3 |
1-282-05418-X |
9786612054181 |
0-7546-9140-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (189 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Beauty, Personal - Caribbean, English-speaking |
Women, Black - Race identity - Caribbean, English-speaking |
Self-perception in women - Caribbean, English-speaking |
Women, Black - Caribbean, English-speaking - Psychology |
Women, Black - Caribbean, English-speaking - Ethnic identity |
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Caribbean, English-speaking Social conditions |
Caribbean, English-speaking Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'Beauty Comes From Within': Or Does It?; 2 Anti-Racist Aesthetics in the 21st Century: The Matter of Hair; 3 'Race', Beauty and Melancholia: Shade; 4 The Shame of Beauty is its Transformative Potential; 5 'The Browning', Straighteners, and Fake Tan; 6 Hybrid Black Beauty?; 7 Conclusion: Is it all Stylization and Is There a Need for Black Beauty Citizenship?; Appendix: Transcription Conventions; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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negotiate, inhabit, work on and perform Black beauty. |
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