From Antebellum Light Skinned Slaves to the Globalization of Skin - Whitening Biotechnolog

This book is a historically grounded critical exploration of how the skin whitening industry has become a contemporary site that facilitates commodification of unregulated whiteness on a global scale.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1:Situating the Changing History of Skin Whitening
Chapter 2: Tradable Whiteness Across the Color Line
Chapter 3: Black Skin, White Lies
Chapter 4: A Melanin Free Whiteness, or a Biotechnological Dystopia?
Chapter 5: Dismantling the Skin Whitening Industry
References
About the Author

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Amina Mire is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Amina Mire, Amina Mire
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.01.2025
• EAN: 9781666907681
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-768-1
• Seiten: 202
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Einzelne Wirtschaftszweige, Branchen; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, Women's health, Women’s health, Social, group or collective psychology, Social discrimination & inequality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls