03216oam 2200781I 450 991077960140332120230207231707.01-136-07490-20-203-62034-81-283-88689-81-136-07482-110.4324/9780203620342 (CKB)2550000000710458(EBL)1099207(OCoLC)823389287(SSID)ssj0000784100(PQKBManifestationID)11431871(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784100(PQKBWorkID)10761914(PQKB)11641017(MiAaPQ)EBC1099207(Au-PeEL)EBL1099207(CaPaEBR)ebr10639146(CaONFJC)MIL419939(OCoLC)822565751(FINmELB)ELB136566(EXLCZ)99255000000071045820180331d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRace, gender, and the politics of skin tone /Margaret L. HunterNew York :Routledge,2005.1 online resource (161 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-94608-5 0-415-94607-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-144) and index.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.Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles 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 tone continues to plague people of color today. This is the first book to explore this well-known, yet rarely discussed phenomenon.African AmericansRace identityMexican AmericansRace identityAfrican American womenSocial conditionsMexican American womenSocial conditionsInterviewsUnited StatesHuman skin colorUnited StatesPsychological aspectsHuman skin colorSocial aspectsUnited StatesRacismUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsAfrican AmericansRace identity.Mexican AmericansRace identity.African American womenSocial conditions.Mexican American womenSocial conditions.InterviewsHuman skin colorPsychological aspects.Human skin colorSocial aspectsRacism305.48/896073Hunter Margaret L.1972,1551667MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779601403321Race, gender, and the politics of skin tone3811321UNINA