Lighten up: Exploring Skin Lightening Practices among Canadian South Asian Woman

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dc.contributor.advisorNijhawan, Michael
dc.creatorDhillon, Amrit Kaur
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T12:39:00Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T12:39:00Z
dc.date.copyright2016-11-24
dc.date.issued2017-07-27
dc.date.updated2017-07-27T12:38:59Z
dc.degree.disciplineSociology
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines how and why South Asian women decide to engage in the beauty practice of skin lightening within Canada. Skin lightening involves the use of products, treatments and procedures to lighten, whiten and brighten ones skin tone. In particular, I examine this practice through the lens of shadeism, which is discrimination against darker skin tones. Through conducting qualitative interviews with South Asian women and South Asian women who work as beauticians, I uncover the ways in which light/er skin operates as a form of social capital with potential to improve life chances. In this thesis I trace the historical and ongoing impact of shadeism within the South Asian context by examining the legacies of the caste system, colonialism and the contemporary globalizing white beauty ideal.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33448
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGender studies
dc.subject.keywordsBeauty practices
dc.subject.keywordsSkin lightening
dc.subject.keywordsSouth Asian
dc.subject.keywordsDiaspora
dc.subject.keywordsSocial capital
dc.subject.keywordsShadeism
dc.subject.keywordsColorism
dc.subject.keywordsEthnicity
dc.subject.keywordsGender
dc.subject.keywordsRace
dc.subject.keywordsRacism
dc.subject.keywordsDiscrimination
dc.subject.keywordsIntergenerationality
dc.subject.keywordsWhite beauty ideal
dc.titleLighten up: Exploring Skin Lightening Practices among Canadian South Asian Woman
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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