From the kitchen to the parlor
Subtitle: language and becoming in African American women's hair care
By: Lanita Jacobs-Huey.
Series: Studies in language and gender
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780195304152; 9780195304169
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
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.