Decolonising My Body : A radical exploration of rituals and beauty

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by Afua Hirsch (Author)
Format: Hardback 224 pages, Features full colour images
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Imprint: Square Peg
ISBN: 9781529908664
Published: 19 Oct 2023

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.

  • Description

by Afua Hirsch (Author)
Format: Hardback 224 pages, Features full colour images
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Imprint: Square Peg
ISBN: 9781529908664
Published: 19 Oct 2023

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.