商品簡介
Glenn (ethnic studies and gender and women's studies, U. of California, Berkeley) brings together 14 essays that examine the phenomenon of colorism--the preference for lighter skin and the ranking of individual worth according to skin tone. They investigate the social and cultural significance of skin color in different societies and historical periods in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and North America, as well as connections to racism, class, gender, national identity, capitalism, the media, the beauty industry and skin lightening trade, and how the courts view colorism. Contributors are gender and women's studies, ethnic studies, history, law, sociology, anthropology, and psycholinguistics scholars in the US. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Evelyn Nakano Glenn is Professor of Ethnic Studies and Gender and Women's Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Race and Gender at the University of California, Berkeley. She currently holds the position of president-elect of the American Sociological Association and will assume the presidency of the association in 2009.
