Style & Status
Subtitle: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920-1975
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: February 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780813124339
Subjects: Black studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Social History; Women's studies; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Women's Studies - History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; 20th century; African American women; Beauty, Personal; History; Race identity; Social aspects; Social conditions; United States
Description: "In Style and Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920-1975, Susannah Walker analyzes an often overlooked facet of twentieth-century consumer society as she explores the political, social, and racial implications of the business devoted to producing and marketing beauty products for African American women."--Jacket.