Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and ColorismNikki Khanna NYU Press, 10.03.2020 - 280 Seiten Heartfelt personal accounts from Asian American women on their experiences with skin color bias, from being labeled “too dark” to becoming empowered to challenge beauty standards |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
COLORISM DEFINED | 37 |
Sang Duc Ho | 52 |
Brown Arms | 67 |
Blessed with Beautiful Skin | 82 |
Regular Inmates | 92 |
Aspirational Whiteness | 103 |
Digital Whiteness | 111 |
What Are You? | 155 |
Born Filipina Somewhere in Between | 162 |
Invisible to My Own People | 169 |
Nobody Deserves to Feel like a Foreigner | 175 |
SkinRedefined | 183 |
Reprogramming | 194 |
The Sun Is Calling My Name | 203 |
Dear Future Child | 212 |
Shade of Brown | 119 |
Anti Blackness | 125 |
Creation Stories | 133 |
The Perpetual Outsider | 143 |
Belonging and Identity | 149 |
Notes | 221 |
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About the Editor | 243 |
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