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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... and of my long - desired identity as a single woman . My hairstyle has changed over the years , but I've never grown my hair long again . I now wear it chin - length and tousled slightly with gel , in what my second husband describes.
... woman of a certain age . Yet I nonetheless worry that he'll find me less attractive as the gray increases . And I worry that the gray will lead others to take me less seriously , and to dismiss me as so many dismiss all older women . At ...
... woman with graying hair , we might admire her courage or question why she allows herself to look older than necessary . If we are black , a white woman with waist - length hair might leave us shaking our heads over why so many men ...
... woman who wears it but be interpreted by whites as a marker of radical politics or an unprofessional attitude. In either case, though, it sends a message. Each day, as we face the mirror and then face the world, we tell others about our ...
... woman's hair , how they believed their hair had affected their lives , and how they managed their hair . In addition ... woman with her head bare; a middle-aged woman with salt-and-pepper hair.
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 |