Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone

by Margaret L. Hunter

Overview

Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin tone continues to plague people of color today. This is the first book to explore this well-known, yet rarely discussed phenomenon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415946070
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/23/2005
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Margaret Hunter is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

1. Colorstruck2. The Color of Slavery and Conquest3. Learning, Earning, and Marrying More4. Black and Brown Bodies Under the Knife5. The Beauty Queue: Advantages of Light Skin6. The Blacker the Berry: Ethnic Legitimacy and Skin Tone7. Color and the Changing Racial Landscape