Darker shades of “fairness” in India: Male attractiveness and colorism in commercials

The skin-lightening products for men in India and their mode of advertising have been shaping the concept of attractiveness for Indian men by portraying lighter skin tone as the most fundamental quality of being attractive, always desirable, and successful. Although women’s skin-lightening products...

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Autor principal: Mukherjee Sayantan
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: De Gruyter 2020-06-01
Colección:Open Linguistics
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0007