Style & status : selling beauty to African American women, 1920-1975 /
Walker, Susannah,1970-
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and index.
Introduction : Why hair is political -- The beauty industry is ours : developing African American consumer citizenship in the 1920s and 1930s --Everyone admires the woman who has beautiful hair : mediating African American neauty standards in the 1920s and 1930s -- An export market at home : expanding African American consumer culture in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s -- Beauty services offered from head to toe : promoting beauty to African American women in the 1940s and 1950s -- All hair is good hair : integrating beauty in the 1950s and 1960s -- Black is beautiful : redefining Beauty in the 1960s and 1970s -- Conclusion : why African American beauty culture is still contested.
African American women
African American women
Beauty, Personal
Beauty, Personal
Beauty culture
Beauty culture
Popular culture
African Americans in popular culture