Hair matters : beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness / Ingrid Banks.

Title :

Hair matters : beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness

Author:

Banks, Ingrid, 1966-

Format:

Books

Language:

English

ISBN - ISSN:

0814713378 (paper : acid-free paper)

081471336X

Physical Description:

x, 197 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contents:

Introduction: Unhappy to Be Nappy 1 -- 1. Why Hair Matters: Getting to the Roots 21 -- 2. Hair "Do's" and "Don'ts" of Black Womanhood 41 -- 3. Splitting Hairs: Power, Choice, and Femininity 69 -- 4. Women and Girls Speak Out: Five Hair-Raising Sessions 99 -- 5. Black Hair, 1990s Style 139 -- Appendix I Methods, Methodology, and the Shaping of Hair Matters 157 -- Appendix II Defining Black Hair and Hairstyling Practices 171 -- Appendix III Interviewee Demographics 175.

Subject:

African American women -- Race identity.

African American women -- Social conditions.

Hair -- Social aspects -- United States.

Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- United States.

African American women -- Interviews.

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Substantive, ethnographically informed research on the politics of Black hair
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 Notes

Ingrid Banks is Assistant Professor of Black Studies in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech.

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For this discussion on the politics of black hair, Banks, a professor of black studies at Virginia Tech, interviewed over 50 women, from teens to seniors, to determine how hair shapes ideas about race, gender, sexuality, beauty, and power. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Unhappy to Be Nappy	p. 1
1. Why Hair Matters: Getting to the Roots	p. 21
2. The Hair "Do's" and "Don'ts" of Black Womanhood	p. 41
3. Splitting Hairs: Power, Choice, and Femininity	p. 69
4. Women and Girls Speak Out: Five Hair-Raising Sessions	p. 99
5. Black Hair, 1990s Style	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 147
Appendix I Methods, Methodology, and the Shaping of Hair Matters	p. 157
Appendix II Defining Black Hair and Hairstyling Practices	p. 171
Appendix III Interviewee Demographics	p. 175
Notes	p. 179
References	p. 185
Index	p. 193
About the Author	p. 197

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