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"Dying" to be white : the obsession with fair skin in India and the Global South / Purnima Mehta Bhatt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bhatt, Purnima Mehta, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Colorism--India.
- Colorism.
- Colorism--Developing countries.
- Human skin color--Social aspects--India.
- Human skin color.
- Human skin color--Social aspects--Developing countries.
- Beauty, Personal--Social aspects--India.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Beauty, Personal--Social aspects--Developing countries.
- Skin--Bleaching--India.
- Skin.
- Skin--Bleaching--Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
- Contents:
- Obsession with fair skin
- Colorism in the ancient world
- Finding color prejudice in foreign travelers' accounts
- Origins and evolution of colorism in India
- Colorism in Hindu religion
- Ideals of beauty in classical Indian literature and art
- Colorism in popular India culture
- Penchant for fair skin in East Asia
- Cosmopolitan whiteness in South and Southeast Asia
- Colorism in Afro-American community and in Africa
- Fondness for fairness in the Caribbean and Latin America
- Indigenous peoples of the world and the Roma
- Health effects of skin bleaching and boices of opposition
- In conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bhatt, Purnima Mehta. "Dying" to be white
- ISBN:
- 9781003275497
- 1003275494
- 9781040121917
- 1040121918
- Publisher Number:
- 90101641116
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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