Hair Matters

Author : Ingrid Banks
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814709028
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hair Matters written by Ingrid Banks and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long hair in the 60s, Afros in the early 70s, bobs in the 80s, fuschia in the 90s. Hair is one of the first attributes to catch our eye, not only because it reflects perceptions of attractiveness or unattractiveness, but also because it conveys important political, cultural, and social meanings, particularly in relation to group identity. Given that mainstream images of beauty do not privilege dark skin and tightly coiled hair, African American women's experience provides a starkly different perspective on the meaning of hair in social identity." --National Women's Studies Association Journal "Grab your copy at your local bookseller and get hip to what your hair is saying to others with regards to beauty, culture and politics. Learn about how culture has a love for coifs, because after all, so do you!" —Sophisticate's Black Hair Styles Guide 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.

Author : Ingrid Banks
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814713378
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hair Matters written by Ingrid Banks and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains primary source material.

Author : Joshua Galvin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349178284
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hair Matters written by Joshua Galvin and published by Springer. This book was released on 1985-04-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ingrid Banks
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814713365
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hair Matters written by Ingrid Banks and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains primary source material.

Author : Peg Zeglin Brand
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253213754
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beauty Matters written by Peg Zeglin Brand and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beauty has captured human interest since before Plato, but how, why, and to whom does beauty matter in today's world? Whose standard of beauty motivates African Americans to straighten their hair? What inspires beauty queens to measure up as flawless objects for the male gaze? Why does a French performance artist use cosmetic surgery to remake her face into a composite of the master painters' version of beauty? How does beauty culture perceive the disabled body? Is the constant effort to remain young and thin, often at considerable economic and emotional expense, ethically justifiable? Provocative essays by an international group of scholars discuss aesthetics in aesthetics, the arts, the tools of fashion, the materials of decoration, and the big business of beautification—beauty matters—to reveal the ways gender, race, and sexual orientation have informed the concept of beauty and driven us to become more beautiful. Here, Kant rubs shoulders with Calvin Klein. Beauty Matters draws from visual art, dance, cultural history, and literary and feminist theory to explore the values and politics of beauty. Various philosophical perspectives on ethics and aesthetics emerge from this penetrating book to determine and reveal that beauty is never disinterested.

Author : Julia Schlam Edelman
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801893828
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Menopause Matters written by Julia Schlam Edelman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for improving a woman's physical and mental health from age 35 and on. It covers topics of vital interest to perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: hot flashes, vaginal dryness, poor sleep, memory loss, mood changes, depression, hormone replacement therapy, sleep, diet, exercise, weight control, and healthy sex.

Author : Kimberly Battle-Walters
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847699339
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sheila's Shop written by Kimberly Battle-Walters and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author studies the impact of race on the everyday lifes of working-class African American women by using beauty shop talk. They discuss from relationships and beauty to politics, equality, race, gender, and class. They speak in their own words about their families and communities and the struggles they face in areas of life.

Author : Geraldine Biddle-Perry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350122831
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of Hair in the Modern Age written by Geraldine Biddle-Perry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last century, there has been a revolution in self-presentation and social attitudes towards hair. Developments in mass manufacturing, advances in chemical science and new understandings of bodies and minds have been embraced by new kinds of hairdressers and their clientele and embodied in styles that reflect shifting ideals of what it is to be and to look modern. The emergence of the ladies hairdressing salon, the rise of the celebrity stylist, the impact of Hollywood, an expanding mass media, and a new synergy between fashions in clothing and hairstyles have rippled out globally. Fashions in hair styles and their representation have taken on new meanings as a way of resisting dominant social structures, experimenting with social taboos, and expressing a modern sense of self. From the 1920s bob to the punk cut, hair has continued to be deeply involved in society's larger issues. Drawing on a wealth of visual, textual and object sources, and illustrated with 75 images, A Cultural History of Hair in the Modern Age presents essays that explore how politics, science, religion, fashion, beauty, the visual arts, and popular culture have reshaped modern hair and its significance as an agent of social change.

Author : Elayne Becker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631320323
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hair Matters written by Elayne Becker and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hair Matters" by Elaine Becker is a collection of stories and humorous observations about hair. Hair styles are barometers of culture and help define who we are. Those amazing strands are a metaphor and symbol of life's journey. How you look and feel connects powerfully to your hair.

Author : Ayana D. Byrd
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466872101
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hair Story written by Ayana D. Byrd and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As far as neatly and efficiently chronicling African Americans and the importance of their hair, Hair Story gets to the root of things.” —Philadelphiaweekly.com Hair Story is a historical and anecdotal exploration of Black Americans’ tangled hair roots. A chronological look at the culture and politics behind the ever-changing state of Black hair from fifteenth-century Africa to the present-day United States, it ties the personal to the political and the popular. Read about: Why Black American slaves used items like axle grease and eel skin to straighten their hair. How a Mexican chemist straightened Black hair using his formula for turning sheep’s wool into a minklike fur. How the Afro evolved from militant style to mainstream fashion trend. What prompted the creation of the Jheri curl and the popular style’s fall from grace. The story behind Bo Derek’s controversial cornrows and the range of reactions they garnered. Major figures in the history of Black hair are presented, from early hair-care entrepreneurs Annie Turnbo Malone and Madam C. J. Walker to unintended hair heroes like Angela Davis and Bob Marley. Celebrities, stylists, and cultural critics weigh in on the burgeoning sociopolitical issues surrounding Black hair, from the historically loaded terms “good” and “bad” hair, to Black hair in the workplace, to mainstream society’s misrepresentation and misunderstanding of kinky locks. Hair Story is the book that Black Americans can use as a benchmark for tracing a unique aspect of their history, and it’s a book that people of all races will celebrate as the reference guide for understanding Black hair. “A comprehensive and colorful look at a very touchy subject.” —Essence