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  1. Yearning for Lightness: Transnational Circuits in the Marketing and Consumption of Skin Lighteners.Evelyn Nakano Glenn - 2008 - Gender and Society 22 (3):281-302.
    With the breakdown of traditional racial boundaries in many areas of the world, the widespread and growing consumption of skin-lightening products testifies to the increasing significance of colorism—social hierarchy based on gradations of skin tone within and between racial/ethnic groups. Light skin operates as a form of symbolic capital, one that is especially critical for women because of the connection between skin tone and attractiveness and desirability. Far from being an outmoded practice or legacy of past colonialism, the use of (...)
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  • Mortuary Rituals in Japan: The Hegemony of Tradition and the Motivations of Individuals.Yohko Tsuji - 2006 - Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology 34 (3):391-431.
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