Tenderheaded
A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories
Published on 1. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-671-04756-6 (ISBN)
Description
Introduction by Ntozake Shange. Featuring an extraordinary gathering of writers, performers and social luminaries such as Angela Davis, Tony Morrison, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alice Walker, bell hooks and many others, this unforgettable anthology breaks new cultural ground with straight talk about black women and their hair. Newly in paperback, this is one of the most talked-about books of the year, throwing open the closet and investigating deep into the cultural meanings of black hair with voices as diverse as the children of the African Diaspora.
Reviews / Votes
"Ought to be at the top of everyone's must-read list." - ESSENCE MAGAZINE "A remarkable array of writings and images illuminates black women's hair and its cultural meaning..." - Publishers Weekly "An outstanding volume!" - Boston HeraldMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-671-04756-6 (9780671047566)
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Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
08/2001
1st Edition
Atria Books
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Persons
Juliette Harris is the editor of International Review of African-American Art, published by Hampton University Museum in Virginia. She has also written award-winning television and film documentaries. Pamela Johnson is a former senior editor of and a current columnist for Essence magazine. She is the author of the novel Santa and Pete, which was adapted for a TV movie.
Content
Contents
Ms. Strand Calls a Press Conference
Peace Be Still
NTOZAKE SHANGE
Heads of Steam
Madam C. J. Walker: "Let Me Correct the Erroneous Impression That I Claim to Straighten Hair"
A'LELIA BUNDLES
The Hairdresser and the Scholar
MARK HIGBEE
Severed
ANNABELLE BAKER
It All Comes Down to the Kitchen
HENRY LOUIS GATES JR.
The Kink That Winked
CYNTHIA COLBERT
Tenderheaded, or Rejecting the Legacy of Being Able to Take It
MEG HENSON SCALES
Baby Hair
Baby Hair
CONSTANCE NICHOLS
A Day at the Beach
KAY BROWN
Learning the Language of My Daughter's Hair
PETER HARRIS
Hair (R)evolution
CYNTHIA COLBERT
Things My Mother Never Taught Me
JACQUELYN LONG
Tenderheaded
NIKKY FINNEY
Cornrow Calculations (or Math Is Beauty)
TONI WYNN
Store-Bought Hair
Fake
GERRIE SUMMERS
Planet Hair
LISA JONES
Hair Braiding, Miss?
TAIIA SMART
Madam Speaks
MARK RICHARD MOSS
Straight Talk
Relax Your Mind!
JENYNE M. RAINES
When Black Hair Tangles with White Power
MARIAME KABA
Hot Comb
NATASHA TRETHEWEY
Straightening Our Hair
BELL HOOKS
A Rio Crime
LAURA SULLIVAN
A Short History of Early Hair Straightening
WILLIE MORROW
All-Time Top Hair Divas
JENYNE RAINES
Wrappers' Delight
Under Cover
HALIMA TAHA
Grandma Blows Her Top
GLORIA WADE GAYLES
Uplift
LIDDY JONES
Bandanna
MICHAEL D. HARRIS
The Culture of Hair Sculpture
JULIETTE HARRIS
Pillow Talk
If You Let Me Make Love to You, Then Why Can't I Touch Your Hair?
CHERILYN "LIV" WRIGHT
Battle of the Wigs
GEORGE C. WOLFE
White Boyfriend
EVANGELINE WHEELER
Hagar's Blues
TONI MORRISON
Dekar's Touch
PAMELA JOHNSON
When Worlds Collide
The Curse (and Redemption) of Short Hair
THOMAS "TAIWO" DUVALL
Hair Hysteria
S. PEARL SHARP
Afro Images: Politics, Fashion and Nostalgia
ANGELA Y. DAVIS
Daughters of Africa
EVANGELINE WHEELER
On Short Nappy Hair and the Business of Blackness: From Ohio to South Africa
PAITRA D. RUSSELL
Smooth Heated Stones and Sunlight Soap
ROSALIE KIAH
Crowning Glories: Hair, Head, Style, and Substance in Yoruba Culture
PHOTOS AND TEXT BY HENRY JOHN DREWAL
No Longer Stranded
IDARA E. BASSEY
Silver Foxes
My Smart Gray Streak
YVONNE DURANT
Attitude at Seventy-Five
NAOMI LONG MADGETT
In Her Hair
S. PEARL SHARP
Homage to My Hair
LUCILLE CLIFTON
Something's Lost in Living Every Day
LEATHA SIMMONS MITCHELL
She Who Mirrors Me
RUBY DEE
Gray Strands
NAOMI LONG MADGETT
Locks and Keys
Don't Even Pretend (The Saturn Poem)
PETER HARRIS
In the Kitchen
JEWELLE GOMEZ
The Call
TAMARA JEFFRIES
Clean Break
JILL NELSON
My Bold Black Statement
SUSAN L. TAYLOR
Post-Traumatic Tress Syndrome
DENISE L. DAVIS, M.D.
In Sickness and in Health
FRANKIE ALEXANDER
Oppressed Hair Puts a Ceiling on the Brain
ALICE WALKER
A Happy Nappy Hair-Care Affair
LINDA JONES
Ms. Strand Adjourns
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