Skin Lightening, Bleaching, Whiting Phenomenon

Authors

Tamiyah P. Miller, Gettysburg CollegeFollow

Class Year

2021

Document Type

Student Research Paper

Date of Creation

Fall 2018

Department 1

Africana Studies

Abstract

This research paper will examine skin lightening practices around the world focusing on places like Asia, Africa,the Caribbeans and the United States.This paper will be looking at reasons that people bleach their skin. Last but not least this paper will examine how the media industry has played a major role in why people around the world want to bleach their skin.

Comments

Written for AFS 350: Black Feminism in Film and Hip Hop.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Miller, Tamiyah P., "Skin Lightening, Bleaching, Whiting Phenomenon" (2018). Student Publications. 732.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/732