The Governmentality of Black Beauty Shame Discourse, Iconicity and R
This book uses the experiences and conversations of Black British women as a lens to examine the impact of discourses surrounding Black beauty shame. Black beauty shame exists within racialized societies which situate white beauty as iconic, and as a resu
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Discourse, Iconicity and Resistance
Shirley Anne Tate
The Governmentality of Black Beauty Shame
Shirley Anne Tate
The Governmentality of Black Beauty Shame Discourse, Iconicity and Resistance
Shirley Anne Tate Carnegie School of Education Leeds Beckett University Leeds, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-52257-3 ISBN 978-1-137-52258-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-52258-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017948316 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Pattern adapted from an Indian cotton print produced in the 19th century Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
For my family Encarna, Soraya, Damian, Jenna, Tev’ian, Lachlan, Arion, Nolan for all the joy, love and support and to Van and Cutie for helping me to finish this by doing the caring work that I can’t do. As always, for Mama. To all Black women who will feel this.
Acknowledgements
I want to thank all of the women who participated in my research on identity and beauty over the years. Your words still inspire and resonate! Some of the ideas in the book’s discussion appear in my books Black Skins, Black Masks: Hybridity, Dialogism, Performativity, Black Beauty: Aesthetics, Stylization, Politics, Black Women’s Bodies and the Nation: Race, Gender and Culture and Skin Bleaching in Black Atlantic Zones: Shade Shifters as well as in The performativity of Black beauty shame in Jamaica and its diaspora: problematizing and transforming beauty iconicities, Femin
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