Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women's ConsciousnessLong hair in the 60s, Afros in the early 70s, bobs in the 80s, fuschia in the 90s. Hair is one of the first attributes to catch our eye, not only because it reflects perceptions of attractiveness or unattractiveness, but also because it conveys important political, cultural, and social meanings, particularly in relation to group identity. Given that mainstream images of beauty do not privilege dark skin and tightly coiled hair, African American women's experience provides a starkly different perspective on the meaning of hair in social identity." |
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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 |