Skin bleaching, self-hate, and Black identity in Jamaica

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 711-728

  Charles, Christopher A D ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Identity; Miseducation; Self hate; Skin bleaching; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845743087     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934703033006001     Document Type: Article

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