Wellness in whiteness : : biomedicalization and the promotion of whiteness and youth among women / / Amina Mire.
This book analyses the social and ethical implications of the globalization of emerging skin-whitening and anti-ageing biotechnology. Using an intersectional theoretical framework and a content analysis methodology drawn from cultural studies, the sociology of knowledge, the history of colonial medi...
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Superior document: | Routledge research in gender and society ; 78 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Abingdon, Oxon. ;, New York, NY : : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,, 2020. ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Routledge research in gender and society ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resoource (110 pages) :; digital file(s). |
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Table of Contents:
- Situating skin : whitening biotechnology
- Pigmentation pathologies and regenerative whiteness
- "Face north and smile" : biomedicalization of ageing and "science based" whiteness therapy
- Racialising consumption : skin-whitening and the global look
- Entrepreneurial innovation in skin-whitening biotechnology : ethical and social implications
- Index.