The complexities of complexion: a cultural geography of skin colour and beauty products

This article explores the discriminatory and exclusionary nature of many advertisement campaigns for skin-lightening products. It employs textual analysis to examine a television advertisement for the product 'Fair & Lovely'. The article explains how this particular advert serves to ar...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geography. - Geographical Association, 1927. - 98(2013), 2, Seite 85-92
1. Verfasser: Picton, Oliver (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Geography
Schlagworte:Physical sciences Law Business Behavioral sciences Social sciences Arts Philosophy Biological sciences
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