Skin Colour Politics
Nina Kullrich
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, 2022
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The global practice of skin bleaching is predominantly understood as an internalized legacy of colonialism and an embodiment of Western ideals of beauty. By mapping a whole geography of skin colours in India, this book shows how fair skin as a locally embedded beauty norm and whiteness as a global cultural imperative interrelate.
- ISBN-13
- 9783662649213
- ISBN-10
- 3662649217
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Year
- 2022
- Publication date
- 2022-02-15
- Pages
- 268
- Dimensions
- 210x148x