From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care - Couverture souple

Jacobs-Huey, Lanita

 
9780195304169: From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care

Synopsis

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 hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lanita Jacobs-Huey is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and co-affiliated with the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

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9780195304152: From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language And Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195304152 ISBN 13 :  9780195304152
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2006
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