Title: From the kitchen to the parlor : language and becoming in African American women's hair care /
Authors: Jacobs-Huey, Lanita, 1971-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: 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.
Abstract: Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlours, Internet discussions, comedy clubs and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences.
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.