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- Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women's Consciousness
- Book
- 2000
- Published by: NYU Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Hair Matters
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 5. Black Hair, 1990s Style
- pp. 139-146
- Conclusion
- pp. 147-156
- Appendix III: Interviewee Demographics
- pp. 175-178
- References
- pp. 185-192
- About the Author
- p. 197
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814739457
Related ISBN(s)
9780814713365
MARC Record
OCLC
51232344
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No