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    1. A So Di Ting Set: Conceptions of Male and Female in Jamaica and Barbados

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Carpenter,Karen (Author) and Walters,Gavin (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2011-12
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Sexuality & Culture
    Journal Title Details:
    15(4) : 345-360
    Notes:
    Develops data from interviews about stereotypes of Jamaican and Barbadian men and women.&nbsp;The popular music from Jamaica and Barbados&nbsp;is used as a lens for understanding the cultures within which the respondents develop their gender stereotypes. The stereotype data is then compared with the music that is popular during the interviews.

    2. Skin Bleaching and the Prestige Complexion of Sexual Attraction

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Charles,Christopher (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2011-12
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Sexuality & Culture
    Journal Title Details:
    15(4) : 375-390
    Notes:
    Colorism and skin bleaching is evident in contemporary Jamaica as expressed in some dancehall songs which praise skin bleachers, and the explanatory narratives of skin bleachers that bleaching makes them pretty and sexually attractive to potential spouses. Similar themes are reflected in the criticism that the browning Dancehall Queen Carlene was deemed sexually attractive and choreographically talented only because of her brown physicality. Some spouses request that their partner acquire the bleached physicality because they find it sexually attractive similar to many male clients in 'massage parlors' who only request female sex workers who bleach their skin.

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