1st Edition
Wellness in Whiteness Biomedicalization and the Promotion of Whiteness and Youth among Women
By Amina Mire
Copyright 2020
118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351234146, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
This book analyses the social and ethical implications of the globalization of emerging skin-whitening and anti-ageing biotechnology. Using an intersectional theoretical framework and a... Read more
1. Situating Skin-Whitening Biotechnology
2. Pigmentation Pathologies and Regenerative Whiteness
3. "Face North and Smile": Biomedicalization of Ageing and "Science Based" Whiteness Therapy
4. Racialising Consumption: Skin-Whitening and the Global Look
5. Entrepreneurial Innovation in Skin-Whitening Biotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications
Biography
Amina Mire is Associate Professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at Carleton University, Canada. Her research interests are in the history of women and technology, STEM and gender, bioethics, medical anthropology, medical humanities, and the biomedicalization of ageing.
