Race, beauty, and the tangled knot of a guilty pleasure

Feminist Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-177

  Craig, Maxine Leeds ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; beauty; class; racial rearticulation; racism; representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149104360     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700106064414     Document Type: Article

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