In Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites, Nadia Brown and Danielle Lemi foreground the intersectional political perspective of Black women and interrogate the cultural, social, and political implications of afro-textured hair and skin tone. An innovative contribution, Sister Style reevaluates the quotidian sociopolitical context of Black women political elites and voters. Brown and Lemi convincingly demonstrate the impact of racialized gender identity on the political experiences of Black women politicians. Through their focus on “reclaiming agency and subjectivity” (11) for the Black female body, Brown and Lemi advance an intersectional analytical framework designed to interpret both voter and candidate interpretations of Black women politicians. Sister Style contends with the reality of intragroup stigma related to skin tone and natural hair and provides a thoughtful analysis of Black sociocultural institutions. Sister Style is a powerfully compelling, transformative text that will prove instructive to academics and...

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