No 14 (2009)

Struck By Lightening: The Transdiasporan Phenomenon of Skin Bleaching

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This special issue has been guest edited by Dr. Yaba Amgborale Blay.

Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial: "Struck by Lightening"
Yaba Amgborale Blay
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Articles

The Tanzanian Response to Dangerous Skin Bleaching Products and Practices and the Gendered Politics of it All: A Critical Analysis
Kelly Lewis, Navit Robkin, Karie Gaska, Lillian Carol Njoki, Emily Andrews, Karim Jetha
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Lighten Up Yu Self!: The Politics of Lightness, Success and Color Consciousness in Urban Jamaica
Derron Wallace
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Ahoofe Kasa!: Skin Bleaching and the Function of Beauty Among Ghanaian Women
Yaba Amgborale Blay
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Liberating Skin Bleachers: From Mental Pathology to Complex Personhood
Christopher A.D. Charles
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Fashion Ova Style: Contemporary Notions of Skin Bleaching in Jamaican Dancehall Culture
Donna P. Hope
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Jah Dash a Fire pon di Bleacha Dem: Rastafari Affirming the Royal African Presence
Jahlani A. Niaah
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Research Notes

The Use of Skin Whitening Products Among African People: Research in Italy and the Congo
Giovanni Vassallo
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Poetic Reflections

Do You Love Us Now?
Yvna Augustin
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The Heart and Hurt of Beauty
Rosemary Onyango
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u think god messed up
Olu Butterfly Woods
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Photo Essays

Brown Bag Project
Numa Perrier
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Review Essays

All the Kings Men: The Colonial and Imperial Marketing of Colorism: A Review of Shades of Difference: Why Skin Color Matters. (Ed.) Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009, 299p
Kaila Adia Story
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Topical Issues

Dying to Be White
Sylvia Arthur
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Senegal's Fashion Victims: Skin Bleaching May Cause Cancer, Expert Says
Ben Barnier
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FDA Proposes Hydroquinone Ban
Melisa Conrad Stoppler, Jay W. Marks
Dermatologists to Oppose FDA on Plan to Ban Skin Lighteners
Sally Kalson
UKs Skin Bleaching Trade Exposed
Alphonso Van Marsh
Bleaching Destroyed My Skin
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A Girl Like Me
Kiri Davis
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