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Introduction: Developing a Black Decolonial Feminist Approach to Black Beauty Shame

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The Governmentality of Black Beauty Shame

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This introduction constructs a Black decolonial feminist approach to Black beauty shame. Black feminisms-US, UK, Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean, African and Latin American—illustrate that intersectional racism/racialization matter for theorizing which centres Black women. A Black decolonial feminist approach to beauty and ugliness draws on Wynter, Espinosa Miñoso, Glissant, Césaire and Oyĕwùmi in thinking from/through Black women’s experiences, their affective lives, and their becomings.

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Tate, S.A. (2018). Introduction: Developing a Black Decolonial Feminist Approach to Black Beauty Shame. In: The Governmentality of Black Beauty Shame. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52258-0_1

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