Wellness in whiteness : biomedicalization and the promotion of whiteness and youth among women / / Amina Mire
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| Autore: |
Mire Amina
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| Titolo: |
Wellness in whiteness : biomedicalization and the promotion of whiteness and youth among women / / Amina Mire
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| Pubblicazione: | 2019 |
| Abingdon, Oxon. ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2020 | |
| ©2020 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resoource (110 pages) : digital file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 155.333 |
| Soggetto topico: | Body image |
| Body image in women | |
| Beauty, personal | |
| Black people - Race identity | |
| White people - Race identity | |
| Skin - Bleaching - Psychological aspects | |
| Classificazione: | SOC000000SOC026000SOC032000 |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Situating skin : whitening biotechnology -- Pigmentation pathologies and regenerative whiteness -- "Face north and smile" : biomedicalization of ageing and "science based" whiteness therapy -- Racialising consumption : skin-whitening and the global look -- Entrepreneurial innovation in skin-whitening biotechnology : ethical and social implications -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book analyses the social and ethical implications of the globalization of emerging skin-whitening and anti-ageing biotechnology. Using an intersectional theoretical framework and a content analysis methodology drawn from cultural studies, the sociology of knowledge, the history of colonial medicine and critical race theory, it examines technical reports, as well as print and on-line advertisements from pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies for skin-whitening products. With close attention to the promises of ‘ageless beauty’, ‘brightened’, youthful skin and solutions to ‘pigmentation problems’ for non-white women, the author reveals the dynamics of racialization and biomedicalization at work. A study of a significant sector of the globalised health and wellness industries, Wellness in Whiteness will appeal to social scientists with interests in gender, race and ethnicity, biotechnology and embodiment. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Wellness in whiteness |
| ISBN: | 9780815377436 |
| 0815377436 | |
| 9780815377443 | |
| 0815377444 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910340844403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge research in gender and society ; ; 78.