The color complex
Subtitle: the politics of skin color in a new millennium
By: Kathy Russell-Cole, Midge Wilson, and Ronald E. Hall
Contributors: Wilson, Midge; Hall, Ronald E.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780307744234
Subjects: Color; Social aspects; African Americans; Race identity
Description: A provocative exploration of how Western standards of beauty are influencing cultures across the globe and impacting personal, professional, romantic and familial relationships. Processes like skin lightening in India, hair smoothing in Black America, eyelid reconstruction in China, and plastic surgery worldwide continue to rise in popularity for men and women facing discrimination from both within and outside of their own increasingly fluid ethnic groups. Now including a wealth of new information since the first edition of The Color Complex over two decades ago, the authors, through a historical and sociological lens, have measured the impact of recent pop culture events effecting race relations to determine whether colorism has gotten better or worse over time.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The emergence of modern colorism in the Americas; title: The global rise of colorism; title: The tiers of color prejudice in America; title: The color of identity; title: Hair stories : politics of the straight and nappy; title: Families and friends : drawing the color lines; title: The match game : colorism and courtship; title: The (in)justice of color : politics, policies, and perceptions; title: The narrative of skin color : stories in black and light; title: #teamlightskinned : color and the media.