Tenderheaded : a comb-bending collection of hair stories / edited by Juliette Harris and Pamela Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Juliette, editor.

Johnson, Pamela, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hair--Literary collections.

Hair.

Hairdressing of African Americans--Literary collections.

Hairdressing of African Americans.

American literature--African American authors.

American literature.

African American women--Literary collections.

African American women.

American literature--Women authors.

Hairstyles--Literary collections.

Hairstyles.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xviii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Pocket Books, 2001.

Summary:

A richly diverse, gorgeously illustrated anthology, "Tenderheaded" features an extraordinary gathering of writers, performers, and social luminaries who break new cultural ground with a trove of provocative straight talk about black women and their hair.

Contents:

Ms. Strand Calls a Press Conference

Peace Be Still / Ntozake Shange

Heads of Steam

Baby Hair

Store-Bought Hair

Straight Talk

Wrappers' Delight

Pillow Talk

When Worlds Collide

Silver Foxes

Locks and Keys

Ms. Strand Adjourns.

Notes:

"First Pocket Books hardcover printing February 2001."

"Designed by Lisa Stokes."

"Cover illustration: ©1978 by Varnette Honeywood, titled Dixie Peach ..."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has 2 magazine articles on hair, a questionnaire, a photograph of a hair style and a magazine advertisement for this book laid in.

ISBN:

0671047558 :

OCLC:

45604004