num_pages: 198
description: Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From the antebellum practice of shaving the head in an attempt to pass as a "free" person to the 1998 uproar over a White third-grade teacher's reading of the book Nappy Hair, the issues surrounding Black hair linger as we enter the twenty-first century.Tying the personal to the political and the popular, Hair Story takes a chronological look at the culture behind the ever-changing state of Black hair-from fifteenth century Africa to the present-day United States. Hair Story is the book that Black Americans can use as a benchmark for tracing a unique aspect of their history and that people of all races will celebrate as the reference guide for understanding Black hair.
language: English
title: Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America
titlecomplete: Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America
genres: Feminism, History, Cultural, Race, American History, Fashion, African American, Womens, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 964
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin