Sister style : the politics of appearance for black women political elites / Nadia E. Brown, Danielle Casarez Lemi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Nadia E., author.

Lemi, Danielle Casarez, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women politicians.

Beauty, Personal--Political aspects--United States.

Beauty, Personal.

African American women--Political activity.

African American women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York State : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Casarez Lemi argue that Black women's political experience and the way that voters evaluate them is shaped overtly by their skin tone and hair texture, with hair being a particular point of scrutiny. They ask what the politics of appearance for Black women mean for Black women politicians and Black voters, and how expectations about self-presentation differ for Black women versus Black men, White men, and White women. Brown and Lemi base their argument, in part, on focus groups with Black women candidates and elected officials, and show that there are generational differences that determine what sorts of styles Black women choose to adopt and to what extent they change their physical appearance based on external expectations.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-754061-9

0-19-754059-7