Hair Matters : Beauty, Power, and Black Women's Consciousness / Ingrid Banks.
Banks, Ingrid, author.
2000
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Title
Hair Matters : Beauty, Power, and Black Women's Consciousness / Ingrid Banks.
Author
Banks, Ingrid, author.
ISBN
9780814739457
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814739457.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2000]
Copyright
©2000
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814739457.001.0001 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.48896073
Summary
Long 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."--National Women's Studies Association Journal "Grab your copy at your local bookseller and get hip to what your hair is saying to others with regards to beauty, culture and politics. Learn about how culture has a love for coifs, because after all, so do you!"-Sophisticate's Black Hair Styles Guide Drawing on interviews with over 50 women, from teens to seniors, Hair Matters is the first book on the politics of Black hair to be based on substantive, ethnographically informed research. Focusing on the everyday discussions that Black women have among themselves and about themselves, Ingrid Banks analyzes how talking about hair reveals Black women's ideas about race, gender, sexuality, beauty, and power. Ultimately, what emerges is a survey of Black women's consciousness within both their own communities and mainstream culture at large.
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New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Unhappy to Be Nappy
1. Why Hair Matters: Getting to the Roots
2. The Hair "Do's" and "Don'ts" of Black Womanhood
3. Splitting Hairs: Power, Choice, and Femininity
4. Women and Girls Speak Out: Five Hair-Raising Sessions
5. Black Hair, 1990s Style
Conclusion
Appendix I: Methods, Methodology, and the Shaping of Hair Matters
Appendix II: Defining Black Hair and Hairstyling Practices
Appendix III: Interviewee Demographics
Notes
References
Index
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