Decolonising My Body : A Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty by Afua Hirsch (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Random House

ISBN-101529908663

ISBN-139781529908664

eBay Product ID (ePID)25074469302

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDecolonising My Body : a Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty

Publication Year2023

SubjectPublic Health, Beauty & Grooming, Anthropology / Cultural & Social

TypeTextbook

AuthorAfua Hirsch

Subject AreaSocial Science, Health & Fitness, Medical

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight26.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-514000

ReviewsExceptionally rich, inspiring, challenging, wise and moving . I didn't realise I needed this book until I read it and felt stirrings towards my own ancestral awakening of African female cultural beliefs and practices that were sadly long ago lost to the colonial project. This is a ground-breaking book that speaks to all women.

IllustratedYes

SynopsisHow do we determine what is beautiful? Whose standards are we trying to meet when we spend our hard-earned money on our haircare, skincare and makeup; where do they come from, and how can we learn to undo them? Upon getting her first tattoo at 40 years old, award-winning journalist Afua Hirsch embarked on a journey to reclaim her body from the colonial ideas of purity, adornment and ageing she - and many of us - absorbed while growing up. Informed by research from around the world, Afua will look at how individual and collective notions of what is beautiful are constructed or stripped away from us. Through personal anecdotes, interviews from beauty experts, practitioners and service users, she explores the global history of skin, hair and body modification rituals. These insights and discoveries will empower readers to reconnect with their cultures of origin, better understand the link between beauty and politics, and liberate themselves from mainstream beauty standards that aren't serving them.

LC Classification NumberRA776.98