TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khanna,Nikki
TI  - Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism 
SN  - 9781479881086
AV  - E184.A75 W45 2020eb
U1  - 305.800973 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - Asian American women
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Colorism
KW  - United States
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Bangladeshi
KW  - Cambodia
KW  - Canada
KW  - Caucasian
KW  - Cham
KW  - Childhood
KW  - Chinese
KW  - Doris Roberts
KW  - East Asian
KW  - Filipina
KW  - India
KW  - Indian
KW  - Japanese
KW  - Khmer
KW  - Korea
KW  - Korean
KW  - Muslim
KW  - Pacific Islander
KW  - Pakistani
KW  - Philippines
KW  - South Asian
KW  - Southeast Asian
KW  - Taiwanese
KW  - Vietnamese
KW  - acceptance
KW  - age
KW  - albinism
KW  - anti-black
KW  - anti-blackness
KW  - assimilation
KW  - beautiful
KW  - beauty
KW  - belonging
KW  - bodies
KW  - brown Asians
KW  - colonialism
KW  - commercials
KW  - cultural norms
KW  - culture
KW  - daughter
KW  - disadvantage
KW  - discrimination
KW  - downward mobility
KW  - emojis
KW  - essays
KW  - exhaustion
KW  - eyelids
KW  - family
KW  - femininity
KW  - fetish
KW  - foreign
KW  - gender
KW  - grandmother
KW  - grandmothers
KW  - homogeneity
KW  - identity
KW  - light skin
KW  - media
KW  - micro-aggressions
KW  - model minority
KW  - mother
KW  - mothers
KW  - multiracial
KW  - otherness
KW  - outcast
KW  - pale
KW  - petite
KW  - place
KW  - postcolonial
KW  - privilege
KW  - race
KW  - racial profiling
KW  - racism
KW  - representation
KW  - self-esteem
KW  - self-hatred
KW  - shade
KW  - sister
KW  - social media
KW  - stereotype
KW  - stereotypes
KW  - stereotypical
KW  - surgery
KW  - television
KW  - thin
KW  - upward mobility
KW  - whiteness
N1  - restricted access
N2  - Heartfelt personal accounts from Asian American women on their experiences with skin color bias, from being labeled "too dark" to becoming empowered to challenge beauty standards "I have a vivid memory of standing in my grandmother's kitchen, where, by the table, she closely watched me as I played. When I finally looked up to ask why she was staring, her expression changed from that of intent observer to one of guilt and shame. . . . 'My anak (dear child),' she began, 'you are so beautiful. It is a shame that you are so dark. No Filipino man will ever want to marry you.'"-"Shade of Brown," Noelle Marie Falcis How does skin color impact the lives of Asian American women? In Whiter, thirty Asian American women provide first-hand accounts of their experiences with colorism in this collection of powerful, accessible, and brutally honest essays, edited by Nikki Khanna. Featuring contributors of many ages, nationalities, and professions, this compelling collection covers a wide range of topics, including light-skin privilege, aspirational whiteness, and anti-blackness. From skin-whitening creams to cosmetic surgery, Whiter amplifies the diverse voices of Asian American women who continue to bravely challenge the power of skin color in their own lives
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479832477
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479832477/original
ER  -