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  • Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women's Consciousness
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  • Ingrid Banks
  • 2000
  • Published by: NYU Press
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Substantive, ethnographically informed research on the politics of Black hair

Drawing on interviews with over 50 women, from teens to seniors, Hair Matters is the first book on the politics of Black hair to be based on substantive, ethnographically informed research. Focusing on the everyday discussions that Black women have among themselves and about themselves, Ingrid Banks analyzes how talking about hair reveals Black women's ideas about race, gender, sexuality, beauty, and power. Ultimately, what emerges is a survey of Black women's consciousness within both their own communities and mainstream culture at large.

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  1. Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women's Consciousness
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  1. Hair Matters
  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Introduction: Unhappy to Be Nappy
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. 1. Why Hair Matters: Getting to the Roots
  2. pp. 21-40
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  1. 2. The Hair “Do’s” and “Don’ts” of Black Womanhood
  2. pp. 41-68
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  1. 3. Splitting Hairs: Power, Choice, and Femininity
  2. pp. 69-98
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  1. 4. Women and Girls Speak Out: Five Hair-Raising Sessions
  2. pp. 99-138
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  1. 5. Black Hair, 1990s Style
  2. pp. 139-146
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  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 147-156
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  1. Appendix I: Methods, Methodology, and the Shaping of Hair Matters
  2. pp. 157-170
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  1. Appendix II: Defining Black Hair and Hairstyling Practices
  2. pp. 171-174
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  1. Appendix III: Interviewee Demographics
  2. pp. 175-178
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 179-184
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  1. References
  2. pp. 185-192
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 193-196
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  1. About the Author
  2. p. 197
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