Dissertations / Theses: 'Colorism'

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Tekie, Feven. "Colorism in Zanzibar - A Qualitative Field Study on The Effects of Colorism on Women's Identity and Ethnicity Construction." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22911.

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This paper is a by-product of a minor field study conducted in Zanzibar, Tanzaniaduring eight consecutive weeks in early 2019. The purpose of the study was to examinehow colorism affects women’s identity and ethnicity construction through the researchquestions; how do women in Zanzibar experience colorism in their daily lives and; howdoes colorism affect their self-perception? The data was collected through seven semi-structured interviews with women in Zanzibar and observations. The concepts of identity and ethnicity saturated the study and the identity process theory (IPT) was used as a theoretical framework to analyze the inquiry. The findings suggest that colorist ideals were dominant in society as light and medium colors were more valued than dark. This was demonstrated by associating light and medium skin color, as well as relaxed and straight hair to “good” and “beautiful”. However, colorism proved to impact women in their daily lives to various degrees. Informants who grew up on the mainland admitted to being more affected and expressed feelings of unworthiness or praise, depending on skin color. Whereas women born and raised on Zanzibar, felt colorism affected their lives minimally, but nevertheless acknowledged the existing problems for many women of e.g. skin bleaching. According to the IPT, a strong sense of distinctiveness from mainlanders, a continuity in past and present identity and a highself-efficacy seemed to guard self-esteem against existing colorist ideals. Furthermore, inclusion to the Zanzibari ethnic identity proved not to be affected by colorism, as colorwas not a prerequisite factor to ethnicity but rather, shared land, religion, and history.

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Canada, Dericka Denise. "Development and Psychometric Investigation of the Perceived Colorism Scale." Thesis, Boston College, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107664.

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Thesis advisor: Janet E. Helms
Black women are often confronted with social-systemic barriers and differential treatment based on the shade of their skin color. Colorism, a derivative of racism, is the use of skin-color shade as the basis for interactions with and evaluations of Black women. Some theoretical and empirical literature suggests that Black women may encounter and respond to colorism in various social contexts. Nevertheless, without an adequate measure to assess these contextually based experiences, it is difficult to explore the complex dynamics of the colorism that Black women face. In the present study, socioecological theory (Brenner, Zimmerman, Bauermeister, & Caldwell, 2013) was adapted to frame a contextual model of colorism in order to develop a measure that assesses Black women’s perceptions of and responses to colorism across social contexts, including in their families, within and outside of their racial community, and in society. Black women (N = 299) responded to 98 contextual items derived from personal accounts of colorism, focus groups, and theoretical literature. Various scale development techniques including item analysis, exploratory factor analyses, and parallel analyses yielded four dimensions of perceived colorism experiences (i.e., racial out-group, family, racial in-group, society) and seven dimensions of perceived colorism responses (i.e., racial out-group/society, family and racial in-group cognitive-emotional reactions, family and non-family positive colorism, negative self-concept, attractiveness). To investigate validity evidence, multivariate multiple regression analyses (MMRAs) and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine relationships between the factor-derived subscales of the Perceived Colorism Scale and internalized colorism, racial identity, and self-esteem. Overall, results of the analyses supported the importance of four contexts for colorism experiences (racial out-group, family, racial in-group, and society). However, context-related responses to colorism were more complex than initially hypothesized. The factor-derived PCS subscales were predictive of internalized colorism, racial identity and self-esteem. Nonetheless, the subscales varied in the extent to which they were related to the validity measures and some of the significant relationships were not in hypothesized directions. Methodological limitations, along with implications for future theory, research, and practice are discussed
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2017
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Reger, Wibke. "The black body of literature: colorism in American fiction." Paderborn München Wien Zürich Schöningh, 2009. http://d-nb.info/988677261/04.

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Void, Ashley Nicole. "Colorism and Skin Tone Messages in Father-Daughter Relationships." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6696.

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Colorism, or in-group bias based on skin tone, is a persistent phenomenon within the African American community that often shapes family dynamics and results in significant negative psychosocial effects for African Americans. Researchers have examined colorism primarily as it pertains to mothers' transmission of these messages, but little research exists regarding the paternal role. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the messages fathers transmit to their daughters regarding skin tone, while comparing these messages to those transmitted to fathers in their childhood. Twelve African American men, selected through purposive sampling, participated in individual semistructured interviews. Their responses were analyzed using thematic analysis based on colorism theory. Themes included teachings to daughter, skin tone messages, influence, hard work, attractiveness, love, treatment, and trophies. Findings indicated that fathers provided a protective role in negative colorism messages for daughters, particularly those with darker skin tones. Implications for positive social change include increased understanding of the protective paternal role in transmitting skin tone messages and the potential ability for stakeholders to make inroads to eradicate the negative effects of colorism within the African American family using the protective role of fathers.

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Edwards, Cheri Paris. "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine: Voices from the Other Side of the Color Line." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609132/.

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This dissertation examines intra-racial colorism in works by writers who began their careers during the Harlem Renaissance, but whose writings span almost a century. In these writings, colorism; which can be defined as a bias directed toward an individual that is based on skin tone, is portrayed an intra-racial practice that results from the internalization of racist ideals. The practice relies on a hierarchy that most often privileges those closest to the color line. However, these depictions also show that the preponderance of skin tones can sometimes determine who is targeted. For the purposes of this study it is called reverse colorism when the bias is directed by individuals darker in skin tone toward those who are lighter. Consequently, the careful descriptions of the shades and hues of black characters becomes more than aesthetics and can be seen as a coded reference to experiential differences. While Alain Locke hailed the start of the Harlem Renaissance to signal the rise of The New Negro, the writings featured by female writers in this dissertation advance a less optimistic reality for women, who had to contend with both inter- and intra-racial bias because of their skin tone. Colorism is identified as a particularly prevalent presence in the lives of black women, who also saw skin tone subjectively and viewed themselves as darker than their male counterparts.

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Bryant, Patience Denece. "The Impact of Colorism on Historically Black Fraternities and Sororities." NSUWorks, 2013. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/20.

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This dissertation study was conducted in order to examine and gain an insight on two topics that are considered to be highly under researched: American historically black fraternities and sororities and colorism within the back American community. The purpose of the study was to examine the impact that colorism has had on black American collegiate Greek letter organizations. Using the qualitative phenomenological approach, 18 graduate or alumni members, two from each of the nine historically black Greek letter organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellanic Council were interviewed using open ended questions to see what impact (if any) colorism has had on historically black fraternities and sororities. During the interviews the following five major themes emerged: discriminatory practices between black Americans, stereotyping black Greek letter organizations, stereotyping skin tones, colorism as a part of American history, and colorism as being permanently a part of the black American community. The following theories were also explored during the study: Social Identity Theory, Double Consciousness, Primary Identification Theory, and Conflict Caused by Colorism, to further see what impact colorism had on historically black fraternities and sororities. Through these five themes and theories, it was found that colorism has had and continues to have a significant impact on not only members of historically black fraternities and sororities, but also that of members of the black American community as a whole.

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Christensen, Phaedra. "Interrelationships of Colorism, Violence, and Sexual Behaviors among Southern African American Women." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2959.

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Two significant public health concerns that threaten both the physical and mental health of African-American women are Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). African-American women (AAW) in the south carry the greatest burden of HIV and disproportionately represent the region with an incidence of 71% for new HIV infections, and elevated rates of morbidity and mortality. In 2013, the murder rate among AAW was 2.5 times higher than it was among Caucasian women. Most of the published studies that explored the association between IPV and HIV had mixed populations, did not explore topics unique to AAs, or were qualitative studies. The aim of this study was to assess the associations between colorism, IPV, and high-risk sexual behaviors (HRSB)/HIV-risk among AAW and determine if colorism was a mediator in the IPV-HRSB relationship. The theory of power and gender and the social cognitive theory provided the theoretical framework of this study. The dissemination of this self-assessed quantitative, cross-sectional survey design was to a homogeneous sample of 143 women. The analysis of the variables used correlation statistics and linear regression. Findings revealed a significant relationship between IPV-HRSB (r = .882, p =.001), colorism-IPV (r2 = .371, p = .001) and colorism-HRSB (r = .377, p = .001); however, colorism did not mediate the IPV-HRSB relationship. This study has implications for positive social change in that practitioners may gain a better understanding of colorism's influence on IPV and HRSB, and may serve to modify existing programs. This knowledge may subsequently help to decrease adverse behaviors that are unique to AAW prone to IPV with an increased HIV-risk as a result of colorism.

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Johnson, Jasmine Cherese. "Is it Really a Different World? Colorism Then and Now in Black Sitcoms." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609063/.

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This study focuses on dark-skinned, Black women's representation in Black sitcoms. Through a mixed-methods use of a comparative textual analysis and focus group, the content and context of episodes from A Different World and Dear White People are explored to illustrate portrayals of dark-skinned, Black women and how these portrayals affect dark-skinned, Black women's self-esteem. Its findings contribute to colorism research by exploring colorism in Black sitcoms. Because this topic is largely unexplored, this study seeks to begin a conversation about dark skinned, Black women's representation in Black sitcoms. The main objective is to ultimately improve their depictions and roles in Black sitcoms and hold Black creatives responsible for the role they play in promoting colorism and its ultimate effect on Black women's self esteem.

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Fultz, Lauren A. "The Psycho-Social Impact of Colorism Among African American Women: Crossing the Divide." Wright State University Professional Psychology Program / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1375225026.

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Morris, Brian Kenneth. "Perceptions of Complexions: Consciousness and Self-Identification Among Dark-Skinned Blacks." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/959.

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Skin tone variation within American black communities has long been associated with intraracial stratification. Data from the National Survey of Black Americans (NSBA) indicate that lighter-skinned blacks – net of such factors as region of residence, age, and sex – consistently have higher levels of nearly every socioeconomic indicator including educational attainment, personal and family income, and perceived physical attractiveness when compared to their darker counterparts. What does this color caste system mean for the personal identities and emotional experiences of dark-skinned blacks in America? Using data from the NSBA and six interviews with dark-skinned blacks, I set forth social psychological implications of a phenotypically stratified subgroup in the United States.

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Inganji, Edna, and Natalie Sharro. "“Subconsciously, beauty is white and skinny.” : A qualitative study on colorism in makeup advertisements." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-48425.

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Purpose: The purpose with this study is to research how consumers’ view on the inclusivity in the makeup industry and how the skin tones of the models in an advertisement shape consumer attitudes towards the advertisement. Research questions: How do consumers evaluate advertisements based on the skin tone of models used in the advertisement? What are the consumers view on the inclusivity in the makeup industry? Method: A qualitative research method was chosen for this study. The data was collected by interviewing four focus groups. Conclusion: The result of this study showed that makeup advertisement still is not inclusive and diverse enough. The makeup advertisements lack models with different skin tones, specifically darker skin tones. This creates negative attitude among the consumers. The makeup industry as a whole is not seen as inclusive enough and that brands only include darker skin tones in their advertisements because it is trendy now, thus it is not genuine.

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Smit, Brittani Reniece. "Whiteness as currency: colorism in contemporary fiction of the Anglophone Caribbean and the Cape." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30426.

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People of colour are often expected to meet externally determined standards of whiteness in exchange for privileges and benefits. The specific details regarding how those standards are determined vary based on context and depend on a variety of socio-historical factors. Regardless of the context, meeting these standards typically requires rejection of indigenous ways of being in favour of foreign ideals. Colorism, which is discrimination based on skin tone, plays a significant role in determining the success of attempts at assimilation because of the long history of preferential treatment associated with light skin throughout slavery and colonialism which persists today. This dissertation is an investigation of the complex interplay between race, colour, class and gender in contexts characterised by colorist hierarchies in the shadow of the British Empire. It focuses primarily on texts written by and about women and foregrounds gendered experiences of race in the Cape region of South Africa and Anglophone Caribbean, highlighting the unique experiences of women of colour in relation to colorism and intersectional class-based discrimination in post-colonial/apartheid spaces. I examine the cultural, social and psychological impact of the classist and colorist ideologies born out of the similar histories of colonialism, slavery and indentured servitude in the Anglophone Caribbean and South Africa, specifically through the lens of contemporary literature written by authors whose work displays a particular sensitivity to these intersections. I am especially interested in the paradoxical relationship between derision and desire that accompanies aspirations towards whiteness and appropriations of European and particularly British cultural norms for people of colour in these contexts. The persistence of this tension as a trope in post-colonial/apartheid spaces resists the narrative of progression suggested by the political rhetoric of multicultural unity espoused by the governments of South Africa and the Caribbean and the retrospective writing analysed in this project functions as a palimpsest belying the optimism of current times.

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Barel, Stefania <1990&gt. "SKIN DEEP BLACK DESTINY. COLORISM AND ARTISTIC FATE IN THE WORKS OF WALLACE THURMAN." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/10216.

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My thesis will be divided into 4 chapters: Chapter 1: Translation from English to Italian of the first 4 chapters of the book Infants of The Spring by Wallace Thurman. These chapters are introduced by some personal considerations on the translation and the difficulties met in trying to render the same concepts, especially the difficulty of rendering the spoonerisms from English into Italian. Chapter 2: Biographical analysis of Wallace Thurman’s life and ideas, in particular how he developed his personality and ideas. Chapter 3: Analysis of the major themes of Thurman in Infants of the Spring and in The Blacker The Berry, emphasizing the problem of the skin color in those days among black people/colorism. In particular his idea of intra-racism/ colorism within the black communities, his criticism of the Harlem Renaissance and the fact that black people always wanted to please white people/ the servilism of the African American community. Chapter 4: Critical reactions to Black American Writers at the time. Wallace Thurman isn’t considered much by the critic, analysing the reasons why and how he is seen today/ the poor critical reception of Wallace Thurman's work and the reasons behind it.

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Jimenez, Morales Laura Veronica. ""IT'S SO HARD TO BE ME": REBELDE AND THE SUBGENRE OF THE TEEN TELENOVELA IN MEXICO." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1754.

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Although research on the genre of the soap opera is some of the earliest research present in mass communications scholarship, and despite the considerable amount of existing scholarship on the genre of the telenovela, the subgenre of the teen telenovela, as present in Mexico and other Latin American countries, has been mostly overlooked. It is undeniable that this subgenre is worth researching, however, if not because of the quality of its content, which has been called into question many times, then due to the significant number of people who consume it. At a time when Mexican telenovelas are struggling, it is the teenage public that continues to give Televisa, Mexico’s largest network, its highest ratings. This study focuses on one particular text in the genre, the teen telenovela Rebelde (Damián, 2004). Rebelde is an important telenovela to study for several reasons: its place in time, its target audience, its deviations from the genre, its massive popularity, and the fact that most of the existing scholarship on Mexican telenovelas focuses on texts which are much older. This dissertation uses textual analysis as a methodology in order to analyze six common themes of the teen telenovela: friendship, romance, childhood, school, rebellion and music. The purpose of this dissertation is to look at how these themes are represented in Rebelde, and at the way in which they draw elements from the genre of the traditional telenovela as well as from teenage content popular in other countries. The study also aims to analyze how this has allowed Rebelde to promote ideologies such as postfeminism, while still engaging with the more traditional ideology of the telenovela genre.

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Gillespie, Christian Hope. "Down to the Roots: A Qualitative Analysis of the Psychological Impacts of Messages Black Women Receive Regarding their Hair." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/678.

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF CHRISTIAN H. GILLESPIE, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in PSYCHOLOGY, presented on April 08, 2013, at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. TITLE: DOWN TO THE ROOTS: A QUALITATIVE ANAYSIS OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF MESSAGES BLACK WOMEN RECIEVE REGARDING THEIR HAIR MAJOR PROFESSOR: Kathleen Chwalisz, Ph.D. Typical Black features such as thick lips, dark skin, and kinky hair have historically been the subject of scrutiny, exploitation, and devaluation in America. Hair is an important aspect of the discourse about the pressure on all women to accommodate to mainstream beauty ideals. However, there are unique pressures that complicate this narrative for Black women, who have to combat both the pressures of racism and sexism. Many African American women have a naturally kinky hair texture that is distinctly different from their Euro-American counterparts, serving as a widely recognized racial identifier (Chapman, 2007). Although there is a growing body of anthologies, essays, documentaries and case studies exploring Black women's unique experiences regarding their hair, there is a dearth of empirical literature, particularly in the field of psychology, exploring the nuances of Black women's hair experiences and subsequent impacts of negative kinky-hair messages on their hair choices, esteem, personal and emotional functioning. Therefore, a Grounded Theory approach using semi-structured individual interviews was used in this qualitative investigation, designed to answer the following research questions: 1. What messages have Black women received about their naturally kinky hair? 2. What emotions or reactions are elicited for Black women regarding their hair? 3. How do Black women respond to and cope with the messages they've received and experiences they've had regarding their natural hair? Nine self-identified African American/Black women were interviewed for this study. During the interview process, participants described the various hair-related experiences they've had in diverse contexts, their emotional responses and reaction to their experiences, and subsequent means of responding and coping with the emotions elicited. A grounded theory approach was used to analyze the data. The grounded theory model that emerged from this study can be characterized as Defining and Being Defined: Black Women's Identity in a Colorist Society. This storyline is reflective of participants' strive toward self-definition (Caldwell, 2000; Tate, 2007), and simultaneous negotiation of the abuse they experienced and anti-Black aesthetic messages they were exposed to regarding their hair. Defining specifically refers to participants strive toward self-definition (i.e., development of a positive image and self concept), and Being Defined refers to their efforts to manage how others in society perceived them (e.g., their attractiveness, competence, femininity etc.) in relation to their hair. The participants' narratives reflected the marginalization, trauma, abuse, and rejection they experienced in relation to their hair and in their personal lives. The Black women also expressed an unyielding sense of optimism, resilience and hope regarding their future experiences.

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Gray, Brittany C. D. "Navigating colorism on campus| The experiences of Black, Black biracial, and Black multiracial women in college." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10254708.

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the ways in which Black, Black biracial, and Black multiracial women experienced and navigated colorism in college. This is an important topic to explore given that colorism, or skin tone bias, has been found to impact the emotional, psychological, and social well-being of people of color. One-on-one interviews were used to gather data from 10 participants. Four themes emerged from the data analysis: (a) White colorism; (b) Colorism is ingrained in Black culture; (c) Emotional and psychological responses to colorism; and (d) Education is key. These four themes represent the participants’ experiences with colorism and provide insight into the ways they navigated encounters with colorism. This study adds to the research on colorism in higher education and offers implications for practice and directions for research.

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Sumo, Iris. "WHAT ARE THE FACTORS OF COLORISM AMONGST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; AND HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/906.

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Colorism has created a significant divide within the African American community. There is a structured hierarchy where based on the color of one’s skin tone, an individual can be viewed as a higher or lower class.This qualitative study’s purpose was to examine what the factors of colorism among African American Women and how this has affected their lives. A total of ten African American women of various skin tones volunteered to participate in a 30-45-minute face to face interview. Findings of this interview show that many of the woman have encountered stereotypes based on their skin tone. Many themes became apparent from the responses questions which were asked. Participants who have refer to themselves as “dark skinned” state that they are aware in society “light or brown skinned” women are more favored. Women who consider themselves “light skinned” have noticed the impact of colorism when their dark-skinned friends are constantly overlooked within the social setting. 6 of the 10 women interviewed feel as though men are the cause of the greater divide between light and dark-skinned women. Each participant interviewed acknowledged the social structure which accepts dark skin woman as being held to a lower standard or “at the bottom of the totem pole”. It is the hopes of this researcher that based on this study, Social Service professionals will gain a better understanding of their African American female clients as well as a development of interventions that can reduce the harmful effects of colorism.

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Caste, Romina, and Nordin Jennifer Norgren. "Colorism bland latina-svenskar : En kvalitativ studie om inom-grupps diskriminering inom den latinamerikanska diasporan i Sverige." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-34280.

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Denna C-uppsats i ämnet Sociologi studerar hur kvinnor med latinamerikanska rötter upplever fenomenet Colorism inom den latinamerikanska diasporan och dess möjliga effekter. Effekter som berör både deras egna självbild men också hur de ser och uppfattar andra. Tidigare forskning visar att hudfärg har ett starkt symboliskt värde i samhället inom de latinamerikanska länderna. Den visar också hur historiska skeenden som kolonialismen har skapat sociala hierarkier som efterföljs än idag och påverkar relationen mellan människor. Detta exemplifieras genom att en ljus hudton generellt anses som mer önskvärd och intar en hegemonisk ställning gentemot en mörk hudton. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka kvinnor med latinamerikansk bakgrund egna subjektiva upplevelse av fenomenet och eventuella erfarenheter av detta. Studien utgår från en kvalitativ ansats där intervjuer är den metod som använts för insamlingen av det empiriska materialet. Sex stycken kvinnor mellan åldrarna 25–45 har genom semi strukturerade intervjuer utifrån teman intervjuats om deras upplevelser. Dessa teman har berört kvinnornas eventuella erfarenheter av hur hudfärg givits betydelse då det kommer till familjelivet, deras självbild, val av partner och syn på andra. Resultatet visar att alla kvinnor på ett eller annat sätt upplevt att hudfärg haft en betydelse i deras liv. Detta visar sig som starkast inom familjelivet där en ljus hudton uttryckts som vackert och önskvärt medans en mörk hudton anses som något som bör undvikas. Det visar sig också genom ofta förekommande skämt och uttalanden om människor med mörk hud. Resultatet visade också att alla kvinnor upplevde sig själva som exotifierade av andra inom det svenska samhället.

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Abiola, Ufuoma. "The Monolith Myth and Myriad Manifestations of Melanin| Skin Tone Bias/Colorism and Black Ivy League Undergraduates." Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10687381.

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Skin tone bias or colorism is “the tendency to perceive or behave toward members of a racial category based on the lightness or darkness of their skin tone” (Maddox & Gray, 2002, p. 250). It is “the prejudicial treatment of individuals falling within the same racial group on the basis of skin color” (Thompson & Keith, 2004, p. 46) and “the allocation of privilege and disadvantage according to the lightness or darkness of one’s skin” (Burke & Embrick, 2008, p. 17). Skin tone bias/colorism is a form of discrimination based on skin tone that typically privileges lighter-skinned individuals and penalizes darker-skinned individuals within and across racial and ethnic groups (Hunter, 2007; Jones, 2000). For my study, I focused my investigation of skin tone bias/colorism in relation to Blacks in the United States of America.

I conducted semi-structured face-to-face individual interviews with 30 Black undergraduate students (15 men and 15 women) at the University of Pennsylvania using purposive sampling. To triangulate data for this study, participants’ skin color was determined by two self-report assessments: the Skin Color Satisfaction Scale (SCSS) (Bond & Cash, 1992; Falconer & Neville, 2000) and the Skin Color Assessment Procedure (SCAP) (Bond & Cash, 1992; Coard, Breland, & Raskin, 2001). These assessments were administered prior to the interview.

Contrary to societal myth, Blacks are not a monolithic group. The impetus for my dissertation was to develop a qualitative study that necessitates the acknowledgment of the heterogeneity of Black students’ backgrounds and experiences with college, to ultimately shed light on the potential challenges faced by varying Black students in college based on skin tone, and to provide recommendations for Black students to effectively navigate highly selective institutions of higher education – with hopes to increase their persistence and success in college. Recommendations for higher education institutions, faculty, and student affairs administrators to better support Black students are also provided.

My research questions were as follows: How do the academic, personal, and social experiences of lighter-skinned Black students at a highly selective higher education institution vary compared with the experiences of darker-skinned Black students? How does this variation in experiences between lighter and darker-skinned Black students matter within the higher education context?

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Mathews, Tayler J. "The relationship between skin complexion and social outcomes: how colorism affects the lives of African-American women." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2013. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/710.

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Colorism continues to be a relevant topic of study because of its capacity to stratify within a marginalized community. The color hierarchy that values light complexions over dark specifically affects African-American women as these women are often treated and evaluated based solely on physicality. Empirically, women with light skin experience greater success in relationships, education, and employment. Furthermore, they report high levels of confidence. This quantitative study examines how colorism affects African-American college women's social capital and self-esteem. Utilizing Cooley's concept of the looking glass self as well as Gofiftnan's concept of stigma, a theoretical framework is established showing how society's judgments of dark-skinned African- American women negatively affect their self-perceptions. Results indicate that colorism is still a sensitive and complex phenomenon in the lives of African-American women.

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Hairston, Tiffany R. "Counselor Education Students’ Perceptions of Wellness and Mental Health in African American Men: The Effects of Colorism." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1463059743.

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Hall, Alicia V. "Body image as a function of colorism [electronic resource] : testing a theoretical model / by Alicia V. Hall." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000111.

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Галаган, Тамара, and Марина Колосніченко. "Особливості сприйняття кольорів при дизайн-проектуванні спеціального одягу." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2018. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10669.

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Дослідження присвячено питанням удосконалення процесу проектування спеціального одягу з поліпшеними естетичними показниками, з урахуванням особливостей психофізіології сприйняття людиною кольорів та законів колористики, що є актуальним завданням через відсутність науково-обґрунтованих підходів до його створення. Визначено основні базові характеристики колірної палітри, вплив та характер асоціацій, що виникають при сприйнятті основних кольорів.
The research is devoted to the issues of improving the design process of special clothing with improved aesthetic indicators, taking into account the peculiarities of psychophysiology of human perception of colors and the laws of coloring, which is an urgent task due to the lack of scientifically grounded approaches to its creation. The basic basic characteristics of the color palette, the influence and nature of the associations that arise in the perception of the main colors are determined.

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Finkeldey, Jessica Grace. "The Influence of Skin Color on the Likelihood of Experiencing Arrest in Adulthood." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1403293558.

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Lee, Kiara. "Dark on Campus: A Phenomenological Study of Being a Dark-Skinned Black College Student." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5752.

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As recent research finally starts to recognize colorism, a form of discrimination where light skin is valued over dark skin within an ethnic group, as a legitimate form of discrimination in the Black community, research on colorism in higher education still wanes. A limited amount of scholarship focuses on the manifestation of colorism in education and even less research examines the implications of complexion on Black college students and their intersectional identities. As empirical studies describe how complexion often denotes institutional degradation for dark-skinned Black students in K-12 and beyond -- from teacher perceptions, to the school-to-prison pipeline, to social dynamics with peers and more, this study privileges the voices of these marginalized students. This qualitative study uses phenomenology to detail the experiences of dark-skinned Black college students at a PWI (predominately white institution) to illustrate their lived experiences, the often intricate relationships between dark skin and intersectional identities like gender and ethnicity, and the unique phenomenon of being dark-skinned on campus. This work aims to complicate, adding rigorous research and thick qualitative description to burgeoning scholarship on colorism in education.

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Maxwell, Morgan. "Red Bones and Earth Mothers: A Contemporary Exploration of Colorism and its Perception Among African American Female Adolescents." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3076.

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Research on colorism continues to gain momentum across several disciplines. However, while varied studies have explored the social phenomenon among adult populations, especially those of African ancestry, few have systematically investigated the extent to which African American youth are exposed to or endorse hierarchical perceptions of skin color. The current study addresses this void in colorism literature. Employing a grounded theory approach, the present investigation examines African American female adolescents’ perceptions of skin color, aiming specifically to understand the sociocultural factors that underpin and contribute to colorist socializations as well as sources of skin color messages. Five focus groups and nine interviews were conducted with 30 African American girls ranging in age from 12-16. Participants were recruited from local Boys and Girls clubs, neighborhood centers, and nonprofit organizations. Participants were asked such a priori based questions as: 1) What do people think about light skin Black girls? 2) What do people think about dark skin Black girls? 3) What messages about skin color do you hear from Rap music? and 4) Do Black men and boys prefer girls of certain skin colors. Constant comparison data analysis and coding revealed African Americans girls are, in fact, exposed to and endorse hierarchical perceptions of skin color, the central phenomenon Three core categories related to the central phenomenon emerged: 1) sources of skin color messages, e.g. family and rap music 2) skin color messages, e.g. skin color governs social standing, physical attributes, and personality/behavioral traits and 3) effects of skin color messages, e.g. mate preferences, desires to change one’s appearance, and within-race division. From these three core categories emerged seven subcategories and themes that offer additional information and insight into the central phenomenon. Findings from this study indicate African American young females are significantly influenced by skin color preferences, and thus may stand to gain from the development of curricula or programs designed to counter colorist stereotypes, reduce the effects of skin color biases, and promote a greater sense of self-satisfaction and wellbeing.

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Chattopadhyay, Sriya. "Fair-Unfair: Prevalence of Colorism in Indian Matrimonial Ads and Married Women's Perceptions of Skin-Tone Bias in India." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1556039690313388.

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Hansaward, Natcharee. "THE DAY I MET THAT CAT : The comic about colorism, one-sided standard and visual communication power in Thailand." Thesis, Konstfack, Grafisk design & illustration, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-6907.

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This report explores the methodology themes and meanings embeded in the society that I am portraying in my comic 'THE DAY I MET THAT CAT'. This includes concept such as identity, colorism, races and cultures, human interaction with animals and the power of the visual.

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okbazgie, somit, and sarah tesfazion. "Svarta kvinnor i Mediebranschen : En kvalitativ studie om svarta kvinnors upplevelser av rasism i den svenska mediebranschen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-431302.

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The purpose of our study is to investigate the afroswedish women and their experiences with racism within the media industry. Through previous research, theories and real life stories that afroswedish women, who worked or works within this branch, have attempted to acquire insight of the phenomenon (everyday) racism and how it comes to expression according to the perspective of black women in Sweden. The documented experiences have shown to be a process that constantly occurs, consciously and subconsciously, in the life of black people in Sweden based on privileges. These privileges derive from postcolonialism and have their origin in the white superiority performed against others. This study has demonstrated the afroswedish women working place and its environment, where both positive and negative experiences, always indicated a basis in racism. The result has been discussed with support from previous research and our carefully chosen theories - intersectionality and anti black racism. In our final discussion, we have gathered all data to subsequently highlight our participants' experiences which has shown that the influential media industry needs to continue working against racism.

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Hardarson, Jessica, and Frida Karlsson. "INTERSEKTIONELL ANALYS OM ICKE-VERBAL KOMMUNIKATION, KÖN OCH HUDFÄRG : Examensarbete inom huvudområdet Medier, estetik och berättande." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17066.

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Colorism är ett strukturellt problem relaterat till vithetsnormen där negativa attributappliceras till icke-vita etniska drag. Även kroppsspråk är kopplat till normer, då könsnormerexisterar. Studien undersöker hur människors känslouttryck tolkas relaterat till deras kön ochetnicitet, genom internetbaserade enkäter (studie A, mörkhyade karaktärer samt studie B,ljushyade karaktärer). Via dessa enkäter utvärderas artefakter gestaltades män och kvinnorsom uppvisar sorg/ilska. Enligt hypotesen skulle resultatet reflektera colorismens inverkan,men resultatet indikerar att ingen signifikant trend som pekar mot colorismens påverkan.Inga större könsbaserade skillnader kunde hittas, utöver upplevd maskulinitet/femininitet. Istället indikerade resultatet i den här studien att karaktärernas design hade störst inverkan påresultatet. Obalanserade deltagargrupper kan ha haft en inverkan på resultatet, framtidastudier kräver större och kontrollerade deltagargrupper för att gynna generalisering ochanalys. Då kan även en större mängd gestaltningar användas, med fler variationer av uttryckkopplade till frågeställningen.

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Smith, Marisa A. "“Dark-Skinned People Be Like”: How Colorism-Promoting Internet Memes and Audience Feedback Influence African Americans’ Intragroup Attitude and Perception of Skin – Tone Bias." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431002424.

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Biagas, David Edward Jr. "Status, racial hegemony, and phenotypical inequality: exploring the racial invariance hypothesis." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1827.

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Social psychological theorizing assumes that 1) members of dominant and oppressed racial groups subscribe to the same set of cultural beliefs regarding the racial hierarchy in the United States and 2) that patterns of deference in task groups reflect broader patterns of inequality in society. With the use white and black research participants at two research sites, this thesis examines these assumptions with regards to the proposed tri-racial hierarchy of the Latin Americanization Thesis, which asserts that the racial hierarchy in the U.S. is now primarily determined by phenotype, as opposed to traditional racial and ethnic boundaries. Do White and Black Americans associate similar perceptions of status with members of the proposed tri-racial hierarchy? In addition, skin tone is associated with socioeconomic status among blacks in the U.S., but do research participants defer to members of the pigmentocracy in a manner consistent with these broader patterns of inequality? These questions are assessed by matching white and black research participants with either a white, light-skinned black, or dark-skinned black partner for the completion of a joint task. The results of the multi-site experiment suggest that there is racial invariance with the perceived status associated with members of the pigmentocracy. More generally, whites exhibit patterns of active denial and report that most others believe dark-skinned blacks are more competent than light-skinned blacks, who most others believe are more competent than whites. Whites purportedly personally subscribe to these pattern of beliefs. Blacks, however, exhibit a pattern of active resistance to stigmatizing beliefs: while they report that oppressed members of the pigmentocracy are held in lower regard by most others in society, they refuse to personally endorse these stigmatizing beliefs. These attitudinal reactions had implications for the patterns of deference that emerged when jointly completing the group task. While patterns of influence emergent in group tasks generally reflect broader patterns of stratification in society, this failed to be the case when participants interacted with members of the pigmentocracy most phenotypically distinct from themselves. That is, when racial distinctions were most salient, research participants consciously reacted against the pigmentocracy, obstructing the activation of the status generalization process. The implications of these results for model testing and development, and for identifying racial biases in the current racial climate are discussed.

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White, Tiffany N. "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Effects of Skin Tone and Cross-Platform Self-Presentation on Evaluations of Black Job Applicants." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500574106470159.

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Kramer, Angela C. "Everything Endlessly Rising." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu161659952570974.

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Johnson, Tonya M. "BLACK WOMEN ARE HUMAN BEINGS, NOT PROPERTY:A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE OF SPIKE LEE’S 1986 AND 2017 PRODUCTIONS OF SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1551869687395502.

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Muhammad, Ray. "African American Women Managers' Experiences in Predominantly Black Work Environments." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5504.

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The experiences of African American women managers in predominantly Black work environments and the implication of these experiences on their ability to lead remains unknown. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to gain deeper understanding of the leadership experiences of African American women managers employed in predominantly Black work environments. This study was framed by three key concepts: intersectionality of gender and race, intraracial discrimination, and colorism. The trustworthiness of the study's data was supported by employing methodological triangulation of the study's multiple data sources: semistructured interviews with 10 African American women managers as participants, journaling/ reflective field notes, and archival data. Cross case analysis revealed 8 categories that enclose a total of twelve themes: (a) career trajectory of African American woman manager, (b) gender challenges in a predominantly Black enterprise, (c) race challenges in a predominantly Black enterprise, (d) leadership experiences with subordinates informed by gender and race, (e) further career goals as an African American woman manager, (f) colorism in childhood and adolescence, (g) colorism in daily adult experiences, and (h) intraracial discrimination from subordinates based on skin tone. This study is likely to promote social change by sensitizing predominantly Black work environments on issues of equal treatment between gender groups and ways in which an intraracial context influences African American women's management experiences.

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Roe, Angela E. "The Sound of Silence: Ideology of National Identity and Racial Inequality in Contemporary Curaçao." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2590.

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This dissertation addresses racism in contemporary Curaçao—a former Dutch colony in the Caribbean that remains a component of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. The dissertation theorizes racism as a partially hidden constituent of the island’s ideology of national identity, which throughout its history has emulated hybridity before being influenced, more recently, by multiculturalism. The research’s main objective is to uncover the ways race and racism have been entangled with Curaçao’s hegemonic ideology of national identity, a reality too often omitted and always under-theorized in Dutch and Dutch Caribbean scholarship. Using historical, ethnographic, statistic, and discourse analysis data, the dissertation reveals how profound the operations of race have been on Curaçaoan society, and on all Curaçaoans on the island and in the diaspora. It discusses the historical formation of ideologies of race and national identity in Curaçao, to contribute to the explanation of the current state of race relations on the island. It exposes the silencing impacts that the hegemonic ideology of national identity has had on individual Curaçaoans’ understanding of self through the reflexive presentation of an intergenerational family history. The dissertation ends with ethnographic analytic descriptions of five neighborhoods differently located in Curaçao’s racial/spatial order, which reveal the mechanizations of multiculturalism and the prevalence of racism.

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Maurilio, Rafael Hoffmann. "Música colorida." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UNISUL, 2014. http://www.riuni.unisul.br/handle/12345/466.

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Este trabalho toma a cultura jovem dos anos 60 ¿ mais especificamente o movimento psicodélico em São Francisco ¿ como objeto de estudo pelo fato de ser uma das primeiras manifestações jovens com características distintas na música e no comportamento e pelo fato de ser consolidada através de manifestações em diferentes campos, como o das artes gráficas. Ao analisar e compreender a formação do movimento mostrou-se como se deu o desenvolvimento da linguagem gráfica que seria característica desse grupo através de uma pesquisa exploratória bibliográfica com o cruzamento de autores e teorias para, além de entender a origem do movimento, estabelecer as suas influências na música e, principalmente, no design gráfico, identificando as principais características estilísticas (cores, formas, tipografia, etc.) da produção gráfica do período. Em um segundo momento é apresentada uma análise de pôsteres de shows produzidos em São Francisco entre 1965 e 1969, o auge do movimento, e criados pelos principais artistas da região ¿ Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse e Alton Kelley, Rick Griffin e Victor Moscoso. Por fim, ao identificar e analisar essas características estilísticas pôde-se compreender como elas passaram a ser uma extensão visual da experiência estética e ideológica e da identidade cultural do movimento. Dessa forma, os pôsteres passaram a exprimir o que às vezes a canção não conseguia, servindo de apoio para narrar o contexto social e cultural no qual estava inserido, e acabaram tornando-se um contragolpe, provavelmente inconsciente, ao formalismo e rigidez do estilo de design que era referência na época. Esse resultado mostra que a análise da arte gráfica pode ser uma forma de conhecer melhor a cultura daqueles que a produziram, pois ela reflete e reage ao meio social e cultural em que está inserida.
This work takes the youth culture of the 60s - specifically the psychedelic movement in San Francisco - as an object of study because this was one of the first youth demonstrations with distinct characteristics in music and behavior, besides being consolidated through demonstrations on different fields such as graphic arts. Analyzing and understanding the formation of the movement intend to show how was the development of graphic language that would be characteristic of this group. To reach this goal, a bibliographical exploratory research is presented with the intersection of authors and theories in seeking to understand the origin of the psychedelic movement, establish their influences in music and graphic design and identify key stylistic features (colors, shapes, typography, etc.) of the graphic production of the period. In a second step is presented an analysis of posters of shows produced in San Francisco between 1965 and 1969, the heyday of the movement, and created by leading artists of the region - Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley, Rick Griffin and Victor Moscoso. Finally, identifying and analyzing these stylistic features, was possible to understand how they become a visual extension of the ideological and aesthetic of psychedelic experience and also an element of cultural identity of the movement. Thus, the posters help to express what sometimes the song couldn't, serving as support to narrate the social and cultural context in which was inserted, and becoming a backlash, probably unconscious, to the formalism and rigidity of the design style that which was reference at the time. This result shows that the analysis of the graphic art can be a way to better understand the culture that produced it, since it reflects and responds to the social and cultural environment in which it operates.

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Jin, Yan. "Hybrid metaheuristic algorithms for sum coloring and bandwidth coloring." Thesis, Angers, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ANGE0062/document.

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Le problème de somme coloration minimum (MSCP) et le problème de coloration de bande passante (BCP) sont deux généralisations importantes du problème de coloration des sommets classique avec de nombreuses applications dans divers domaines, y compris la conception de circuits imprimés, la planication, l’allocation de ressource, l’affectation de fréquence dans les réseaux mobiles, etc. Les problèmes MSCP et BCP étant NP-difficiles, les heuristiques et métaheuristiques sont souvent utilisées en pratique pour obtenir des solutions de bonne qualité en un temps de calcul acceptable. Cette thèse est consacrée à des métaheuristiques hybrides pour la résolution efcace des problèmes MSCP et BCP. Pour le problème MSCP, nous présentons deux algorithmes mémétiques qui combinent l’évolution d’une population d’individus avec de la recherche locale. Pour le problème BCP, nous proposons un algorithme hybride à base d’apprentissage faisant coopérer une méthode de construction “informée” avec une procédure de recherche locale. Les algorithmes développés sont évalués sur des instances biens connues et se révèlent très compétitifs par rapport à l’état de l’art. Les principaux composants des algorithmes que nous proposons sont également analysés
The minimum sum coloring problem (MSCP) and the bandwidth coloring problem (BCP) are two important generalizations of the classical vertex coloring problem with numerous applications in diverse domains, including VLSI design, scheduling, resource allocation and frequency assignment in mobile networks, etc. Since the MSCP and BCP are NP-hard problems, heuristics and metaheuristics are practical solution methods to obtain high quality solutions in an acceptable computing time. This thesis is dedicated to developing effective hybrid metaheuristic algorithms for the MSCP and BCP. For the MSCP, we present two memetic algorithms which combine population-based evolutionary search and local search. An effective algorithm for maximum independent set is devised for generating initial solutions. For the BCP, we propose a learning-based hybrid search algorithm which follows a cooperative framework between an informed construction procedure and a local search heuristic. The proposed algorithms are evaluated on well-known benchmark instances and show highly competitive performances compared to the current state-of-the-art algorithms from the literature. Furthermore, the key issues of these algorithms are investigated and analyzed

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Normann, Per. "Parallel graph coloring : Parallel graph coloring on multi-core CPUs." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-227656.

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In recent times an evident trend in hardware is to opt for multi-core CPUs. This has lead to a situation where an increasing number of sequential algorithms are parallelized to fit these new multi-core environments. The greedy Multi-Coloring algorithm is a strictly sequential algorithm that is used in a wide range of applications. The application in focus is on decomposition by graph coloring for preconditioning techniques suitable for iterative solvers like the and methods. In order to perform all phases of these iterative solvers in parallel the graph analysis phase needs to be parallelized. Albeit many attempts have been made to parallelize graph coloring non of these attempts have successfully put the greedy Multi-Coloring algorithm into obsolescence. In this work techniques for parallel graph coloring are proposed and studied. Quantitative results, which represent the number of colors, confirm that the best new algorithm, the Normann algorithm, is performing on the same level as the greedy Multi-Coloring algorithm. Furthermore, in multi-core environments the parallel Normann algorithm fully outperforms the classical greedy Multi-Coloring algorithm for all large test matrices. With the features of the Normann algorithm quantified and presented in this work it is now possible to perform all phases of iterative solvers like and methods in parallel.

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Eley, Dikeita N. "Color (Sub)Conscious: African American Women, Authors, and the Color Line in Their Literature." VCU Scholars Compass, 2004. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1486.

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Color (sub)Conscious explores the African American female's experience with colorism. Divided into three distinct sections. The first section is a literary analysis of such works as Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Alice Walker's "If the Present Looks Like the Past, What Does the Future Look Like?" an essay from her collection In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens. The second section is a research project based on data gathered from 12 African American females willing to share their own experiences and insights on colorism. The final section is a creative non-fiction piece of the author's own personal pain growing up and living with the lasting effects of colorism.

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Jesurum, Caroline Esther 1969. "Coloring with defects." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37006.

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Poon, Hoifung. "Coloring clique hypergraphs." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1494.

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Bertrand, Mélanie. "Utilisation de granulats colorés pour la formulation d'enrobés bitumineux colorés." Mémoire, École de technologie supérieure, 2002. http://espace.etsmtl.ca/815/1/BERTRAND_M%C3%A9lanie.pdf.

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La sécurité routiére est un sujet d'actualité pour bon nombre de gestionnaires routiers. De plus, l'usage de différents modes de transports sur les mêmes voies de circulation créent de la confusion chez les usagers et contribue même à l'augmentation des accidents en milieu urbain. Or, la signalisation verticale et horizontale ne suffit plus à partager les espaces réservés aux différents modes de transport. Utilisés déjà depuis bon nombre d'années en Europe, les enrobés de couleur permettent de définir les différents espaces requis pour assurer la sécurité des différents usagers d'une route qu'ils soient cyclistes, automobilistes, camionneurs ou piétons. Cette étude vise à établir, à partir de la revue de la documentation, les caractéristiques et composantes d'un EBC (enrobé bitumineux coloré), à s'assurer qu'il est possible de retrouver facilement les matiéres premiéres requises et d'en mesurer les performances en laboratoire. Le programme expérimental repose sur la couleur que permet d'obtenir l'usage de granulats colorés associés á l'utilisation de pigments de couleur ou de liant synthétique. Les phases 2 et 3 du programme expérimental permettront d'optimiser quatre mélanges d'EBC en utilisant des granulats et pigments de couleurs variées et en utilisant un liant synthétique pour un des quatre mélanges. Selon les résultats obtenus lors des essais de caractérisation des granulats, de la résistance á l'orniérage et d'oxydation en laboratoire, les enrobés bitumineux colorés possédent de bonnes qualités de maniabilité, de résistance á la déformation ainsi qu'au changement de couleur. C'est pourquoi les EBC s'avérent un choix judicieux pour permettre une meilleure cohabitation des différents usagers de la route.

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Dekoli, Margarita 1973. "Coloring time with CodaChrome." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61135.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2003.
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As new computationally enhanced tools become available, there is an opportunity to give more and more people access to new ways for personal, creative expression. We designed a new computational construction kit to allow children and adults to design and build interactive, dynamic color patterns on electronic jewelry and sculptures. We designed activities to introduce CodaChrome, our color pattern creation environment, along with ideas about color and material properties to children in the context of immersive design experiences. The process and product of these experiences reveal the way young people understand abstract concepts related to the notions of space, time and space-time interrelationships. This thesis reports on the design and evaluation of the activities, the development of the CodaChrome system, and the evolution of our methodology for investigating the formation of concepts like synchronicity and concurrency and their dependency on spatial connotations. The presented case studies contribute to the ongoing research on the media-dependence of classic epistemological questions regarding space and time, as manifested in the diversity of children's styles in making and thinking about dynamic color animations on light modules, which can be arranged in arbitrary spatial topologies.
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Montgomery, Bruce Lee. "Dynamic coloring of graphs." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2109.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 52 p. : ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51).

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Kadri, Nadia. "Les réseaux colorés." Paris 5, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990PA05P153.

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Carbonell, Martínez Pau. "La representació i comprensió de la forma en la pintura per capes." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/455138.

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Aquesta tesi tracta del mètode pictòric i la tècnica d'execució de tres exercicis pictòrics, set retrats en total realitzats per l'autor, com un procés d'aprenentatge i evolució de les mateixes capacitats representatives. Amb l'anàlisi de l'obra personal i de com aquesta s'adapta en l'àmbit de la pintura realitzada amb capes amb poca acció de cobertura, així mateix es realitza l'anàlisi d'aquests set retrats dels quals es desenvolupa el seu procés pictòric per fases i estadis. Mitjançant la documentació amb imatges fotogràfiques dels diferents passos realitzats. A mesura que se succeeixen les imatges, es comenten els passos seguits, a on s'explica els materials que s'han fet servir, com aquests s'apliquen i quin resultat s'aconsegueix com es mostra al passi d'imatges generals i als detalls d'imatge. D'aquesta manera s'incorporen conceptes referents a aspectes tècnics dels materials que s'empren, conceptes referents al mètode pictòric i conceptes referents a l'anàlisi formal de l'obra pictòrica. El projecte d'aquesta tesi arranca de la necessitat de donar sentit a la mateixa obra pictòrica com a objecte d'estudi. A part de la necessitat personal, que es justifica per la presa de consciència i millora de la qualitat tècnica de l'obra pictòrica, si hom es pregunta per la necessitat d'un projecte de tesi sobre l'obra pictòrica personal, haurà de comprendre l'evolució de les capacitats representatives com a font de coneixement, que es produeix durant la trajectòria personal d'un pintor figuratiu, o millor dit il·lusionista, a l'hora de satisfer les necessitats de representació de la forma pictòrica, les quals es van actualitzant al llarg de la seva trajectòria personal.

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Xie, Xuzhen, Takao Ono, Shin-ichi Nakao, and Tomio Hirata. "NEARLY EQUITABLE EDGE-COLORING PROBLEM." INTELLIGENT MEDIA INTEGRATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY / COE, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/10408.

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Casselgren, Carl Johan. "On some graph coloring problems." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-43389.

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