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Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone
Author(s): Margaret L. Hunter (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 23 Aug. 2005
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415946077
- ISBN-13: 9780415946070
Book Description
Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin tone continues to plague people of color today. This is the first book to explore this well-known, yet rarely discussed phenomenon.
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About the Author
Margaret Hunter is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
