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From the kitchen to the parlor : language and becoming in African American women's hair care / Lanita Jacobs-Huey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs-Huey, Lanita, 1971-
- Series:
- Studies in language and gender.
- Studies in language and gender
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hairdressing of African Americans.
- Hair--Social aspects--United States.
- Hair.
- Hair--Care and hygiene--United States.
- African American women--History.
- African American women.
- African American women--Race identity.
- African American women--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 180 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- From the kitchen to the parlor
- Studies in language and gender
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlours, Internet discussions, comedy clubs and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029391-8
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