Decolonising My Body A Radical Exploration Of Rituals And Beauty

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A 2023 Political BOOK OF THE YEAR (Waterstones) | Ground - Breaking Bernardine Evaristo | Universal AND Timely Elif Shafak | Important Sathnam Sanghera | A Generous Offering Nana Darkoa Sekiyamah | Quietly Radical Evening Standard | Intimate Guardian I Learnt A LOT | Gillian Anderson What can ancestral practices teach us about how to live fuller lives today? Upon turning forty Afua Hirsch had an encounter that forever altered her preconceived notions of ancestry and body image making her question everything from body - modification rituals such as tattoos and piercings to the foundations of sexuality as well as attitudes towards puberty ageing and death. This book charts her year - long journey of radical unlearning. Bringing together global scholarship on - the - ground reportage personal anecdotes and interviews with beauty experts practitioners and service users she reassesses notions of body image beyond those of the colonial patriarchal gaze. Decolonising My Body is a powerful excavation of the Eurocentric beauty standards that have long shaped how in particular those from the Global Majority are perceived and view themselves. Taking us from puberty to end - of - life Hirsch shows us that the ways in which we adorn and present ourselves have spiritual implications and shape the possibilities we see for ourselves in the world. These insights and discoveries will empower you to reconnect with your own ancestry better understand the link between beauty history and (respectability) politics and liberate yourself from mainstream standards and systems that aren t serving you.* Co - host of the Loyalty podcast with Peter Frankopan*
Title: Decolonising My Body A Radical Exploration Of Rituals And Beauty
Author(s): Hirsch Afua
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Barcode: 9781529908664
Pages: 224 Pages, Features Full Colour Images
Publication Date: 10/19/2023
Category: Cosmetics, Hair & Beauty