"Fair and Lovely": The Concept of Skin Bleaching and Body Image Politics In Kenya

"Fair and Lovely": The Concept of Skin Bleaching and Body Image Politics In Kenya

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Okango, Joyce Khalibwa
Language:	English
Published:	Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK 2017
Subjects:	African Studies Gender Studies Sub Saharan Africa Studies Womens Studies Skin bleaching Skin lightening Gender Consumerism Colonization Globalization Body Beauty
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1496345994175129

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