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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... percent were Hispanic or part Hispanic, 14 percent were black, and 5 percent were Asian. Fifty-four percent were raised Protestant and 30 percent Catholic, almost matching the proportions in the nation's population. Twenty-eight percent ...
... percent were married , 18 percent were divorced , 3 percent were widowed , and 3 percent lived with female lovers . " 6 Rapunzel's Daughters opens with a history of women's hair , and then follows women across the life course . Readers ...
... on women - blondes appear considerably more often as Playboy centerfolds than they appear in the population as a whole - these campaigns caused the percentage ... ... of U.S. women who colored their hair to skyrocket from.
... percent in the 1950s to 40 percent in the 1970s . ( That percentage has remained steady ; most women today who are not simply covering gray buy blonde hair color . ) 24 Clairol's products remained the most popular hair dyes until the ...
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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 |