Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites
Nadia E. Brown · Danielle Casarez Lemi
Dec 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Mia Ellis
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In Sister Style, Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Casarez Lemi argue that Black women's political experience and the way that voters evaluate them is shaped overtly by their skin tone and hair texture, with hair being a particular point of scrutiny. They ask what the politics of appearance for Black women mean for Black women politicians and Black voters, and how expectations about self-presentation differ for Black women versus Black men, White men, and White women. Black women running for office face pressure, often from campaign consultants and even close colleagues, to change their style in order to look more like White women. However, as this book shows, Black women candidates and elected officials react differently to these pressures depending on factors like age and incumbency. Moreover, Brown and Lemi delve into the ways in which Black voters react to Black female candidates based on appearance. They base their argument, in part, on focus groups with Black women candidates and elected officials, and show that there are generational differences that determine what sorts of styles Black women choose to adopt and to what extent they change their physical appearance based on external expectations.
About the author
Nadia E. Brown is a university faculty scholar and an associate professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Purdue University. She is the author of Sisters in the Statehouse: Black Women and Legislative Decision Making.
Danielle Casarez Lemi is a Tower Center Fellow at the Tower Center at Southern Methodist University.
Mia Ellis is a member of the Resident Acting Company at Trinity Repertory Company. Based in Providence and New York, she is also a teaching artist and writer. Some of her film and television credits include Elementary, Person of Interest, and Louder Than Words. Mia is a graduate of the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program.
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