TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Nadia E.
AU  - Lemi,Danielle Casarez
TI  - Sister style: the politics of appearance for Black women political elites 
T2  - Oxford scholarship online
SN  - 9780197540619 (ebook) :
AV  - E185.86 .B697448 2021
U1  - 305.48896073 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - African American women
KW  - Political activity
KW  - African American women politicians
KW  - Beauty, Personal
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Hairstyles
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Colorism
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Also issued in print: 2021; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Casarez Lemi argue that Black women's political experience and the way that voters evaluate them is shaped overtly by their skin tone and hair texture, with hair being a particular point of scrutiny. They ask what the politics of appearance for Black women mean for Black women politicians and Black voters, and how expectations about self-presentation differ for Black women versus Black men, White men, and White women. Brown and Lemi base their argument, in part, on focus groups with Black women candidates and elected officials, and show that there are generational differences that determine what sorts of styles Black women choose to adopt and to what extent they change their physical appearance based on external expectations
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197540572.001.0001
ER  -