Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners (Theory in Forms)

Lynn M. Thomas constructs a transnational history of skin lighteners in South Africa and beyond, theorizing skin and skin color as a site for antiracist struggle and lighteners as a technology of visibility that both challenges and entrenches racial and gender hierarchies.

• | Author: Lynn M. Thomas
• | Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• | Publication Date: January 10, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 368 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1478006420
• | ISBN-13: 9781478006428