Bibliograph

Ain't I a beauty queen?, black women, beauty, and the politics of race, Maxine Leeds Craig

Type

Label

Ain't I a beauty queen?, black women, beauty, and the politics of race, Maxine Leeds Craig

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ain't I a beauty queen?

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

475955755

Responsibility statement

Maxine Leeds Craig

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

black women, beauty, and the politics of race

Summary

The meanings and practices of racial identity are continually reshaped as a result of the interplay of actions taken at the individual and institutional levels. This text is a study of African American women as symbols, and as participants, in the reshaping of the meaning of African American racial identity

Target audience

specialized

Classification