Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us About Women's LivesThe first book to explore the role of hair in women's lives and what it reveals about their identities, intimate relationships, and work lives |
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... mother , bless her soul , didn't want me to feel bad and so hid her dismay when she saw what I'd done . I soon began growing my hair again , and wore my hair around shoulder length throughout most of elementary school . I next cut my ...
... mothers , boyfriends , husbands , and employers ; lose sleep over our choices ; and sometimes lose sleep to protect our hairstyles once we've made our choices . And despite all this worry and effort , a “ bad hair day " still can sap ...
... , whereas 58 percent of those I interviewed graduated from college or, if under twenty- five, have mothers who graduated from college. Of the adult were over age women , 88 percent described themselves as heterosexual . Almost.
... mother , but saved the rest to buy peanut butter - a potent symbol of American culture - and shampoo , to wash her hair like the stars in the movie magazines , rather than with the Oxydol laundry soap of the of the poor . 17 Until well ...
... mothers of young children . Coupled with the fact that many men do prefer blonde hair on women - blondes appear considerably more often as Playboy centerfolds than they appear in the population as a whole - these campaigns caused the ...
Contents
WOMENS HAIR TODAY | |
THREE Ponytails and Purple Mohawks | |
FOUR What We Do for Love | |
FIVE Paychecks and Power Haircuts | |
SIX Bald Truths | |
SEVEN At the Salon | |
EIGHT Ill Dye Until I Die | |
NINE No More Bad Hair Days | |
Bibliography | |
Acknowledgments | |
Other editions - View all
Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us about Women's Lives Rose Weitz Limited preview - 2004 |
Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us about Women's Lives Rose Weitz No preview available - 2004 |
Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us about Women's Lives Rose Weitz No preview available - 2005 |