Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women's ConsciousnessSubstantive, ethnographically informed research on the politics of Black hair |
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Hair matters: beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictFor this discussion on the politics of black hair, Banks, a professor of black studies at Virginia Tech, interviewed over 50 women, from teens to seniors, to determine how hair shapes ideas about race, gender, sexuality, beauty, and power. Read full review
Hair matters: beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictFor this discussion on the politics of black hair, Banks, a professor of black studies at Virginia Tech, interviewed over 50 women, from teens to seniors, to determine how hair shapes ideas about race, gender, sexuality, beauty, and power. Read full review
Contents
Power Choice and Femininity | 69 |
Black Hair 1990s Style | 139 |
Methods Methodology | 157 |
Defining Black Hair | 171 |
185 | |
About the Author | 197 |