From the Kitchen to the Parlor
Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2006
978-0-19-029391-8 (ISBN)
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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.
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Lanita Jacobs-Huey
From the Kitchen to the Parlor
Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care
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04/2006
Oxford University Press Inc
€55.60
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Lanita Jacobs-Huey
From the Kitchen to the Parlor
Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care
Book
04/2006
Oxford University Press Inc
€109.20
Shipment within 15-20 days
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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.
