From the Kitchen to the Parlor
Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care
Published on 27. April 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-19-530416-9 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
This work is not only deeply original but it is also brave: Jacobs-Huey has tackled a range of issues that are highly charged, both in the arena of racial politics and, even trickier for her, in negotiating her own place in multiple communities of practice. That she so successfully balances the scholarly, the political, and the personal is testament to her rare combination of considerable analytic talent with keen political and emotional intelligence. * Sally McConnell-Ginet, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, co-author of Language and Gender *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 halftones, 1 line drawing
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
307 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-530416-9 (9780195304169)
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Lanita Jacobs-Huey
From the Kitchen to the Parlor
Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care
E-Book
04/2006
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€19.99
Available for download
Lanita Jacobs-Huey
From the Kitchen to the Parlor
Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care
E-Book
04/2006
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€18.49
Available for download
Person
Lanita Jacobs-Huey is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and co-affiliated with the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
Content
Introduction: From the Kitchen to the Parlor
1: Negotiating Expert and Novice Identities through Client-stylist Interactions
2: "We Are Like Doctors": Socializing Cosmetologists into the Discourse of Science
3: A License to Touch: Cosmetology as a Divine Calling
4: Gender, Authenticity, and Hair in African American Stand-up Comedy
5: "BTW, How Do You Wear Your Hair?": Gender and Race in Computer-mediated Hair Debates
6: Constructing and Contesting Knowledge in Women's Cross-cultural Hair Testimonies
7: Critical Reflections on Language, Gender, and "Native" Anthropology
Appendix: Transcription Conventions
1: Negotiating Expert and Novice Identities through Client-stylist Interactions
2: "We Are Like Doctors": Socializing Cosmetologists into the Discourse of Science
3: A License to Touch: Cosmetology as a Divine Calling
4: Gender, Authenticity, and Hair in African American Stand-up Comedy
5: "BTW, How Do You Wear Your Hair?": Gender and Race in Computer-mediated Hair Debates
6: Constructing and Contesting Knowledge in Women's Cross-cultural Hair Testimonies
7: Critical Reflections on Language, Gender, and "Native" Anthropology
Appendix: Transcription Conventions