From the kitchen to the parlor : language and becoming in African American women's hair care /

Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlours, Internet discussions, comedy clubs and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experienc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jacobs-Huey, Lanita, 1971-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:	Studies in language and gender.
Subjects:	Hairdressing of African Americans. Hair > Social aspects > United States. Hair > Care and hygiene > United States. African American women > History. African American women > Race identity. African American women > Social life and customs. African American women > Ethnic identity. Noirs américains > Coiffure. Cheveux > Soins et hygiène > États-Unis. Noires américaines > Histoire. Noires américaines > Identité ethnique. Noires américaines > Mœurs et coutumes. HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming. African American women African American women > Race identity African American women > Social life and customs Hair > Care and hygiene Hair > Social aspects Hairdressing of African Americans United States Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Negotiating expert and novice identities through client-stylist interactions
"We are like doctors" : socializing cosmetologists into the discourse of science
A license to touch : cosmetology as a divine calling
Gender, authenticity, and hair in African American stand-up comedy
"BTW: how do you wear your hair?" : gender and race in computer-mediated hair debates
Constructing and contesting knowledge in women's cross-cultural hair testimonies
Critical reflections on language, gender, and "native" anthropology.