Tales Of Dark Skinned Women: Race, Gender And Global Culture

by Gargi Bhattacharyya

Overview

Exploring the way race and gender are portrayed in popular culture, this text focuses on the representation of black women. It incorporates a discussion of the politics of representation in Britain and North America, and the shift from negative stereotypes to positive images to postmodern knowingness. The author pays particular attention to the reach of various race/gender literacies, most notably the impact of North American racial discourse on British conceptions of Asian and Afro-Caribbean femininity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135362478
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/29/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	619 KB

About the Author

Gargi Bhattacharyya is Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Sociology at the University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

Series editor’s preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Beginning, 2. The next few stories, 3. The model’s tale, 4. The sportswoman’s tale, 5. The newsreader’s tale, 6. The entertainer’s tale, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

'Bhattacharyya blends biting wit, incisive social observation, critical theoretical analysis and imaginative story-telling to create an original hybrid style excels in her ability to pick apart the fabric of a story to reveal the multicoloured threads of obscured histories one of the most innovative, iconoclastic and daring voices emerging from British cultural studies today.' - Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 23, Number 2

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