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Ain't I a Beauty Queen?Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race$
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Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race

Maxine Craig

Print publication date: 2002

Print ISBN-13: 9780195152623

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195152623.001.0001

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The Appearance of Unity

The Appearance of Unity

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(p.143) Chapter Eight The Appearance of Unity
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Ain't I a Beauty Queen?
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Maxine Leeds Craig

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195152623.003.0008

This chapter follows the use of women as symbols in the fractured politics of the Black Power Movement. As the movement for black liberation fragmented, images of the beautiful black woman and calls for stylistic conformity were frequently employed in attempts to forge a unified black identity and to maintain solidarity within black political organizations.

Keywords:   Black Power Movement, black women, black identity, black political organizations

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