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Author Byrd, Ayana D.

Title Hair story : untangling the roots of Black hair in America / Ayana D. Byrd and Lori L. Tharps.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E185.86 .B96 2014    Available  ---
Edition Revised edition.
Description xix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
Contents Black hair in bondage: 1400-1899 -- No excuse for nappy: 1900-1964 -- Revolutionary roots: naturals, Afros, and the changing politics of hair, 1965-1979 -- The business of Black hair -- Politically incorrect: Black hair's new attitude, 1980-1994 -- The burden of proof: explaining Black hair culture -- Hair today, hair tomorrow: 1995-2000 -- The divided decade: the early 2000s -- The business of Black hair 2.0.
Summary A chronicle of black hair in America looks back at the styles, myths, and grooming techniques adopted by African Americans throughout their history.
Subject African American women -- Race identity.
African American women -- Race identity.
African American women.
African American women -- Social conditions.
African American women -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Race identity.
African Americans -- Race identity.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Hair -- Social aspects -- United States.
Hair -- Social aspects.
United States.
Hair.
Hair -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
History.
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- United States.
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects.
Beauty, Personal.
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form History.
Subject Hair.
Added Author Tharps, Lori L., author.
ISBN 9781250046574 (paperback)
1250046572 (paperback)
9781466846821 (e-book)