Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners

by Lynn M. Thomas

Book Overview

For more than a century, skin lighteners have been an ubiquitous feature of global popular culture--embraced by consumers even as they were fiercely opposed by medical professionals, consumer health advocates, and antiracist thinkers and activists. In Beneath the Surface, Lynn M. Thomas constructs a transnational history of skin lighteners in South Africa and beyond. Analyzing a wide range of archival, popular culture, and oral history sources,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478006420
• ISBN13: 9781478006428
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"