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From the kitchen to the parlor : language and becoming in African American women's hair care / Lanita Jacobs-Huey.

By: Jacobs-Huey, Lanita, 1971-Series: Studies in language and gender: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xii, 180 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 41396ISBN: 0195304152 (cased) :; 9780195304152 (cased) :; 0195304160 (pbk.) :; 9780195304169 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Hairdressing of African Americans | Hair -- Social aspects -- United States | Hair -- Care and hygiene -- United States | African American women -- History | African American women -- Race identity | African American women -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 391.5089 JAC LOC classification: TT972 | .J33 2006
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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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-172) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction: From the Kitchen to the Parlor (p. 3)
  • 1 Negotiating Expert and Novice Identities through Client-stylist Interactions (p. 17)
  • 2 "We Are Like Doctors": Socializing Cosmetologists into the Discourse of Science (p. 29)
  • 3 A License to Touch: Cosmetology as a Divine Calling (p. 47)
  • 4 Gender, Authenticity, and Hair in African American Stand-up Comedy (p. 71)
  • 5 "BTW, How Do You Wear Your Hair?": Gender and Race in Computer-mediated Hair Debates (p. 89)
  • 6 Constructing and Contesting Knowledge in Women's Cross-cultural Hair Testimonies (p. 105)
  • 7 Critical Reflections on Language, Gender, and "Native" Anthropology (p. 129)
  • Appendix Transcription Conventions (p. 149)
  • Notes (p. 151)
  • Bibliography (p. 153)
  • Index (p. 173)

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