{"product_id":"shades-of-difference-9780804759984","title":"Shades of Difference","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShades of Difference\u003c\/i\u003e examines the significance of skin color in different societies around the world and its effects on relations between and within racial groups.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Skin color and race are often used synonymously in the US. From historical accounts of black beauty pageants to social meanings of color in Brazil to global marketing of skin lightening products, Nakano Glenn presents an array of research from different countries of the world to analyze the meanings and hierarchies of skin-color. The result is a very thought-provoking book that will reshape how scholars think about skin color and race in the contemporary world.\" -- Bandana Purkayastha * University of Connecticut *\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]his is an excellent collection with new findings, important ideas, and moving quotations and illustrations. I recommend it highly.\" -- Jennifer L. Hochschild * \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Ethnic History\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"If you think that there is nothing left to write or read about skin color and human societies, \u003ci\u003eShades of Difference\u003c\/i\u003e will change your mind and shake you up.\" -- Nina G. Jablonski * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eShades of Difference\u003c\/i\u003e is a distinguished collection that broadens the new area of colorism scholarship to include the national and international class dynamics of why skin color matters. Evelyn Nakano Glenn has brought together diverse authors to capture a range of identities shaped by the national and international politics and economics of skin color. A must read for all concerned with critical race studies.\" -- Mary Romero * Arizona State University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I The Significance of Skin Color: Transnational Divergences  and Convergences                                       7  1 The Social Consequences of Skin Color in Brazil        9  Edward Telles  2 A Colorstruck World: Skin Tone, Achievement, and  Self-Esteem Among African American Women              25  Verna M. Keith  3 The Latin Americanization of U.S. Race Relations:  A New Pigmentocracy                                  40  Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and David R. Dietrich  Part II Meanings of Skin Color: Race, Gender, Ethnic Class,  and National Identity                                 61  4 Filipinos and the Color Complex: Ideal Asian Beauty   63  Joanne L. Rondilla  5 The Color of an Ideal Negro Beauty Queen:  Miss Bronze 1961-1968                                 81  Maxine Leeds Craig  6 Caucasian, Coolie, Black, or White? Color and Race in  the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora                           95  Aisha Khan  7 The Dynamics of Color: Mestizaje, Racism, and  Blackness in Veracruz, Mexico                        114  Christina A. Sue  Part III Consuming Lightness: Modernity, Transnationalism,  and Commodification                                  129  8 Skin Tone and the Persistence of Biological Race in  Egg Donation for Assisted Reproduction               131  Charis Thompson  9 Fair Enough? Color and the Commodification of Self in  Indian Matrimonials                                  148  Jyotsna Vaid  to Consuming Lightness: Segmented Markets and  Global Capital in the Skin-Whitening Trade          166  Evelyn Nakano Glenn  11 Skin Lighteners in South Africa: Transnational  Entanglements and Technologies of the Self           188  Lynn M. Thomas  Part IV Countering Colorism: Legal Approaches               211  12 Multilayered Racism: Courts' Continued Resistance to  Colorism Claims                                      213  Taunya Lovell Banks  13 The Case for Legal Recognition of Colorism Claims    223  Trina Jones  14 Latinos at Work: When Color Discrimination Involves  More Than Color                                      236  Tanya Kateri Hernandez","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405576937815,"sku":"9780804759984","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804759984.jpg?v=1730492891","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shades-of-difference-9780804759984","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}