Hair story
Subtitle: untangling the roots of black hair in America
By: Ayana D. Byrd and Lori L. Tharps
Contributors: Tharps, Lori L., author
Edition: Revised edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781250046574
Subjects: Hair; African American women; Race identity; Social conditions; History; African Americans; Personal Beauty
Notes: Previous edition: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Black hair in bondage: 1400-1899; title: No excuse for nappy: 1900-1964; title: Revolutionary roots: naturals, Afros, and the changing politics of hair, 1965-1979; title: The business of Black hair; title: Politically incorrect: Black hair's new attitude, 1980-1994; title: The burden of proof: explaining Black hair culture; title: Hair today, hair tomorrow: 1995-2000; title: The divided decade: the early 2000s; title: The business of Black hair 2.0.