Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners by Lynn M. Thomas

Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners

Lynn M. Thomas

368 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced

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For more than a century, skin lighteners have been a ubiquitous feature of global popular culture—embraced by consumers even as they were fiercely opposed by medical professionals, consumer health advocates, and antiracist thinkers and activists. ...

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