Amina Mire
Professor
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Clusters:
Gender issues
Ottawa, Ontario
amina.mire@carleton.ca
Office:
(613) 520-2600 ext. 4476
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Bio/Research
Mire’s areas of research interest include women and health; racialization and bio-medicalization of women’s bodies and skin; anti-aging; women, science and technology; political thought; sociology of gender; sociology of knowledge; gender and the cinema; as well as anti-racist and anti-colonial r...
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Bio/Research
Mire’s areas of research interest include women and health; racialization and bio-medicalization of women’s bodies and skin; anti-aging; women, science and technology; political thought; sociology of gender; sociology of knowledge; gender and the cinema; as well as anti-racist and anti-colonial research.
Mire’s current research projects include examining the social, ethical, political and pedagogical implications of anti-aging discourse and practice; investigating the extent to which the female body continues to be a contested site of social investment and regulation; and a project examining changing skin-whitening technologies by tracing their emergence from colonial encounters, in which white skin was accorded social and cultural capital, toward the contemporary global marketing of biotechnology products that promise smooth, brightened and youthful-looking skin to affluent women.
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Mire’s current research projects include examining the social, ethical, political and pedagogical implications of anti-aging discourse and practice; investigating the extent to which the female body continues to be a contested site of social investment and regulation; and a project examining changing skin-whitening technologies by tracing their emergence from colonial encounters, in which white skin was accorded social and cultural capital, toward the contemporary global marketing of biotechnology products that promise smooth, brightened and youthful-looking skin to affluent women.
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Links
Media Appearances
Mire discusses how the antiracism push has prompted a rethink of Asia’s whitening cream, Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2021
Mire discusses the truth behind the racist message in skin 'whitening’ creams, Toronto Star, September 2, 2020
Mire writes about rebranded skin-whitening creams, The Conversation, July 27, 2020
Mire discusses the issues surrounding skin lightening products., CBC, February 7, 2020
Mire discusses how many beauty companies are still offering to 'whiten' skin, CNN, August 11, 2022