书目名称 | The Melanin Millennium |
副标题 | Skin Color as 21st C |
编辑 | Ronald E. Hall |
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概述 | Addresses the issue of skin color in a worldwide context.Discusses the introduction of new forms of visual media and their effect on skin color discrimination.Touches up on the issue of skin bleaching |
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描述 | .In the aftermath of the 60s “Black is Beautiful” movement and publication of .The Color Complex. almost thirty years later the issue of skin color has mushroomed onto the world stage of social science. Such visibility has inspired publication of the Melanin Millennium for insuring that the discourse on skin color meet the highest standards of accuracy and objective investigation. .This volume addresses the issue of skin color in a worldwide context. A virtual visit to countries that have witnessed a huge rise in the use of skin whitening products and facial feature surgeries aiming for a more Caucasian-like appearance will be taken into account. The book also addresses the question of whether using the laws has helped to redress injustices of skin color discrimination, or only further promoted recognition of its divisiveness among people of color and Whites. .The Melanin Millennium has to do with now and the future. In the 20.th. century science including eugenics was given to and dominated by discussions of race category. Heretofore there remain social scientists and other relative to the issue of skin color loyal to race discourse. However in their interpretation and analysis o |
出版日期 | Book 2013 |
关键词 | Barack Obama’s lighter skin color; Bleaching Syndrome; Colorism; Discrimination; People of color; Skin Co |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4608-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-9463-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-4608-4 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 |