Naked : black women bare all about their skin, hair, hips, lips, and other parts /
Contains over twenty essays in which African-American women discuss their bodies and physical characteristics, including selections from Iyanla Vanzant, Jill Scott, Melyssa Ford, and others.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berkley Pub. Group,
2005.
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| Edition: | Perigee trade pbk. ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Sonia Sanchez
- Introduction. Sowing beauty / Bethann Hardison, as told to the editors
- Piropos / ayana Byrd
- Black fuzzy thing / Asali Solomon
- The curse of Ida Bell / Lori L. Tharps
- Ho gear / Beverly Smith, as told to the editors
- For colored girls / Aminata Cisse
- Flesh is best / Jill Nelson
- The free black woman / Akiba Solomon
- Selling sexuality / Kelis, as told to Margeaus Watson
- La Nera / Ayana Mathis
- The curl / April Yvonne Garrett
- Apples and pears / Tomika Anderson
- Femme invisibility / Laini Madhubuti
- Feeling pretty / Jill Scott, as told to the editors and Karen R. Good
- Playing the vixen / Margeaux Watson
- Cold turkey / asha bandele
- In search of ... (A real-life body play in three acts) / Rosemary Matthews
- The dark den / Cynthia Berry
- My tush / Tracee Ellis Ross
- Miss Piggy gets depressed, too / Elon D. Johnson
- Dr. Feelgood / Hilda Hutcherson, as told to the editors
- No fairy tale / Norell Gaincana
- Calendar girl / Melyssa Ford, as told to the editors
- Before and after / Precious Jackson, as told to the editors
- Bump, grind, twist, and celebrate / Iyanla Vanzant, as told to the editors.