Amina Mire

Wellness in Whiteness

Biomedicalization and the Promotion of Whiteness and Youth among Women

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 medicine and critical race theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780815377436
• ISBN-10: 0815377436
• Artikelnr.: 57782144

Inhaltsangabe

1. Situating skin
whitening biotechnology 2. Pigmentation pathologies and regenerative whiteness 3. 'Face north and smile': biomedicalization of ageing and 'science
based' whiteness therapy 4. Racialising consumption: skin
whitening and the global look 5. Entrepreneurial innovation in skin
whitening biotechnology: ethical and social implications