The Governmentality of Black Beauty Shame

Discourse, Iconicity and Resistance

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Sociology
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Author: Shirley Anne Tate ISBN: 9781137522580
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: August 24, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: Shirley Anne Tate
ISBN: 9781137522580
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: August 24, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

This book uses the experiences and conversations of Black British women as a lens to examine the impact of discourses surrounding Black beauty shame. Black beauty shame exists within racialized societies which situate white beauty as iconic, and as a result produce Black ‘ugliness’ as a counterpoint. At the same time, Black Nationalist discourses present Black-white ‘mixed race’ women as bodies out of place within the Black community. In the examples analysed within the book, women disidentify from both the iconicities of white beauty and the discourses of Black Nationalist darker-skinned beauty, negating both ideals. This demonstration of Foucaldian counter-conduct can be read as a form of disalienation from the governmentality of Black beauty shame. This fascinating volume will be of interest to students and scholars of Black identity, Black beauty and discourse analysis.

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This book uses the experiences and conversations of Black British women as a lens to examine the impact of discourses surrounding Black beauty shame. Black beauty shame exists within racialized societies which situate white beauty as iconic, and as a result produce Black ‘ugliness’ as a counterpoint. At the same time, Black Nationalist discourses present Black-white ‘mixed race’ women as bodies out of place within the Black community. In the examples analysed within the book, women disidentify from both the iconicities of white beauty and the discourses of Black Nationalist darker-skinned beauty, negating both ideals. This demonstration of Foucaldian counter-conduct can be read as a form of disalienation from the governmentality of Black beauty shame. This fascinating volume will be of interest to students and scholars of Black identity, Black beauty and discourse analysis.

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