| Author | : Ingrid Banks |
| Publisher | : NYU Press |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 081471336X |
Contains primary source material.
Hair Matters
| Author | : Ingrid Banks |
| Publisher | : NYU Press |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2000-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0814709028 |
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.
Hair Matters
| Author | : Joshua Galvin |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 1985-04-25 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1349178284 |
Hair Raising
| Author | : Noliwe M. Rooks |
| Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 9780813523125 |
We all know there is a politics of skin color, but is there a politics of hair?In this book, Noliwe Rooks explores the history and politics of hair and beauty culture in African American communities from the nineteenth century to the 1990s. She discusses the ways in which African American women have located themselves in their own families, communities, and national culture through beauty advertisements, treatments, and styles. Bringing the story into today's beauty shop, listening to other women talk about braids, Afros, straighteners, and what they mean today to grandmothers, mothers, sisters, friends, and boyfriends, she also talks about her own family and has fun along the way. Hair Raising is that rare sort of book that manages both to entertain and to illuminate its subject.
Sheila's Shop
| Author | : Kimberly Battle-Walters |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780847699339 |
The author studies the impact of race on the everyday lifes of working-class African American women by using beauty shop talk. They discuss from relationships and beauty to politics, equality, race, gender, and class. They speak in their own words about their families and communities and the struggles they face in areas of life.
A Cultural History of Hair in the Modern Age
| Author | : Geraldine Biddle-Perry |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2020-12-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1350122831 |
Over the last century, there has been a revolution in self-presentation and social attitudes towards hair. Developments in mass manufacturing, advances in chemical science and new understandings of bodies and minds have been embraced by new kinds of hairdressers and their clientele and embodied in styles that reflect shifting ideals of what it is to be and to look modern. The emergence of the ladies hairdressing salon, the rise of the celebrity stylist, the impact of Hollywood, an expanding mass media, and a new synergy between fashions in clothing and hairstyles have rippled out globally. Fashions in hair styles and their representation have taken on new meanings as a way of resisting dominant social structures, experimenting with social taboos, and expressing a modern sense of self. From the 1920s bob to the punk cut, hair has continued to be deeply involved in society's larger issues. Drawing on a wealth of visual, textual and object sources, and illustrated with 75 images, A Cultural History of Hair in the Modern Age presents essays that explore how politics, science, religion, fashion, beauty, the visual arts, and popular culture have reshaped modern hair and its significance as an agent of social change.
The Science of Breakable Things
| Author | : Tae Keller |
| Publisher | : Yearling |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2019-05-21 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1524715697 |
Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to "save" her mother from depression is what Booklist calls "a winning story full of heart and action." Eggs are breakable. Hope is not. When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie thinks that this might be the perfect solution to all of her problems. There's prize money, and if she and her friends wins, then she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids--flowers that survive against impossible odds. Natalie's mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is sure that the flowers' magic will inspire her mom to love life again. Which means it's time for Natalie's friends to step up and show her that talking about a problem is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and giving it light. With their help, Natalie begins an uplifting journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles. A vibrant, loving debut about the coming-of-age moment when kids realize that parents are people, too. Think THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH meets THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * KIRKUS REVIEWS * THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * "Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression." --Publishers Weekly "A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "Holy moly!!! This book made me feel." --Colby Sharp, editor of The Creativity Project, teacher, and cofounder of Nerdy Book Club
Social Q's
| Author | : Philip Galanes |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2012-11-27 |
| Genre | : Cooking |
| ISBN | : 145160579X |
A series of whimsical essays by the New York Times "Social Q's" columnist provides modern advice on navigating today's murky moral waters, sharing recommendations for such everyday situations as texting on the bus to splitting a dinner check.
Your Story Matters
| Author | : Leslie Leyland Fields |
| Publisher | : NavPress |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2020-04-07 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1641582197 |
Your Story Matters presents a dynamic and spiritually formative process for understanding and redeeming the past in order to live well in the present and into the future. Leslie Leyland Fields has used and taught this practical and inspiring writing process for decades, helping people from all walks of life to access memory and sift through the truth of their stories. This is not just a book for writers. Each one of us has a story, and understanding God's work in our stories is a vital part of our faith. Through the spiritual practice of writing, we can "remember" his acts among us, "declare his glory among the nations," and pass on to others what we have witnessed of God in this life: the mysterious, the tragic, the miraculous, the ordinary. With a companion video curriculum from RightNow Media, this is a "why not" book as opposed to a "how to" book. Leslie asks each of us an important question: "Why not learn to tell your story, in the context of the grander story of God?"
