This topical book shows that racism by skin color is much more embedded and prevalent in the modern world than racism by race. In the aftermath of globalization

This timely and unique edited book explores the concept of colorism, which is discrimination based on the color of a person’s skin. It takes a global approach

This book examines the phenomenon of colourism in India and the Global South and critically analyses the obsession with fair skin and its association with socia

The Global Beauty Industry is an interdisciplinary text that uses beauty to explore topics of gender, race, class, colorism, nation, bodies, multiculturalism, t

Shades of Difference addresses the widespread but little studied phenomenon of colorism—the preference for lighter skin and the ranking of individual worth ac