From the Kitchen to the Parlor

Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care
ISBN13: 9780195304152ISBN10: 0195304152 Hardback, 200 pages

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When is hair "just hair" and when is it not "just hair"? Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlors, Internet discussions, comedy clubs, and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences.

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200 pages; 13 illus.; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-530415-2ISBN10: 0-19-530415-2

About the Author(s)

Lanita Jacobs-Huey, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern California

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