From the Kitchen to the Parlor From the Kitchen to the Parlor

From the Kitchen to the Parlor

Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care

Lanita Jacobs-Huey
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Publisher Description

When is hair "just hair" and when is it not "just hair"? Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlors, Internet discussions, comedy clubs, and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences.

GENRE
Professional & Technical
RELEASED
2006
April 20
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
200
Pages
PUBLISHER
Oxford University Press
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
3.3
MB

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