De-objectifying bodies : how African American women view their own skin color

"This paper explores how the social forces that impact African American perceptions of beauty. Rather than focusing on psychical features this paper explores the various social-structural forces that impact a sense of attractiveness. I found that age and a sense of community, not skin color, were the significant predictors of Black women's feelings of attractive. This finding contradicts much conventional knowledge that women's assessment of their own beauty is determined by the existence of particular physical features. The limitations of this study are the exclusion of other physical features, such as weight, body shape or hair texture that may also impact how attractive black women view that skin shade. Regardless, this paper points to a wide range of variables that shape how women assess their own beauty."--Abstract.

Author dc:creator

• Nurse, Angela

Contributors dc:contributor

• Broman, Clifford
• Teneyck, Toby
• Winge, Theresa
• Taylor, Carl

• African American women--Attitudes
• Beauty, Personal
• Beauty, Personal--Psychological aspects
• Body image in women
• Human skin color--Psychological aspects

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

etd:1126
isbn:9781303037962
isbn:1303037963
oclc:931731973
umi:1536134
local:Nurse_grad.msu_0128N_11928

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:d.lib.msu.edu:etd_1126