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Autore: | Jacobs-Huey Lanita |
Titolo: | From the Kitchen to the Parlor [[electronic resource] ] : Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina: | 391.5/089/96073 |
Soggetto topico: | African American women |
Care and hygiene | |
Hair | |
Hairdressing of African Americans | |
History | |
Race identity | |
Social aspects | |
Social life and customs | |
Hairdressing of African Americans - Social aspects - United States | |
Hair - Care and hygiene - United States | |
Hair - History | |
African American women - Race identity | |
African American women - Social life and customs | |
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts | |
Arts & Crafts | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 ConventionsNotes; 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 why hairmatters in African American women's day-to-day experiences. |
Titolo autorizzato: | From the Kitchen to the Parlor |
ISBN: | 1-280-84639-9 |
0-19-534572-X | |
1-4294-0300-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451173803321 |
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