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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs-Huey, Lanita, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Studies in language and gender.
Temas:
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
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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