|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910970410003321 |
|
|
Autore |
Jacobs-Huey Lanita <1971-> |
|
|
Titolo |
From the kitchen to the parlor : language and becoming in African American women's hair care / / Lanita Jacobs-Huey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Studies in language and gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Hairdressing of African Americans |
Hair - Social aspects - United States |
Hair - Care and hygiene - United States |
African American women - History |
African American women - Race identity |
African American women - Social life and customs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-172) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: From the Kitchen to the Parlor -- 1. Negotiating Expert and Novice Identities through Client-stylist Interactions -- 2. "We Are Like Doctors": Socializing Cosmetologists into the Discourse of Science -- 3. A License to Touch: Cosmetology as a Divine Calling -- 4. Gender, Authenticity, and Hair in African American Stand-up Comedy -- 5. "BTW, How Do You Wear Your Hair?": Gender and Race in Computer-mediated Hair Debates -- 6. Constructing and Contesting Knowledge in Women's Cross-cultural Hair Testimonies -- 7. Critical Reflections on Language, Gender, and "Native" Anthropology -- Appendix: Transcription Conventions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
When is hair "just hair" and when is it not "just hair"? Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlors, Internet discussions, comedy clubs, and other contexts to illuminate how and |
|
|
|
|