From the Kitchen to the Parlor
Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2006
195 pages
978-0-19-534572-8 (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.
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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
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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
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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.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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