The Governmentality of Black Beauty Shame: Discourse, Iconicity and Resistance

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 result produce Black æuglinessÆ as a counterpoint. At the same time, Black Nationalist discourses present Black-white æmixed raceÆ women as bodies out of place within the Black community. In the examples analysed within the book, women disidentify from both the iconicities of white beauty and the discourses of Black Nationalist darker-skinned beauty, negating both ideals. This demonstration of Foucaldian counter-conduct can be read as a form of disalienation from the governmentality of Black beauty shame. This fascinating volume will be of interest to students and scholars of Black identity, Black beauty and discourse analysis.

• | Author: Shirley Anne Tate
• | Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 152 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Language Arts & Disciplines
• | ISBN-10: 1137522577
• | ISBN-13: 9781137522573