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Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Shirley Anne Tate

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2016
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Antropología
ISBN:
9781138266193
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Combining rich ethnographic research amongst Black British women of Caribbean heritage, with a discussion of the broader ’Black Atlantic’ context, Shirley Tate offers a unique exploration of beauty, race and identity politics, revealing how Black women themselves speak about, negotiate, inhabit, work on and perform Black beauty.

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