Queens : portraits of black women and their fabulous hair / Michael Cunningham and George Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunningham, Michael, 1969 February 27-

Alexander, George, 1963- author.

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portrait photography.

Photography of women.

Women, Black--Portraits.

Women, Black.

Women, Black--Interviews.

Hairdressing of Black people.

Hairstyles--Pictorial works.

Hairstyles.

Genre:

Interviews.

Pictorial works.

Portraits.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 199 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : photographs ; 21 x 20 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, 2005.

Summary:

Photographer Michael Cunningham and author and journalist George Alexander have captured here the trinity of black women, hair, and beauty salons. Angela Garner says that "The beauty salon is the one great thing we get to share as African American women. It's therapeutic." Tisch Sims says that wearing fantasy hair makes her feel "like a goddess, a queen." From the afro to the ponytail to dreadlocks to braids to relaxed hair to fantasy hair; from "good hair" to bad hair days, in this book black women from the United States, Africa, and London explore the fascination with hair and beauty that has long been a cherished part of African American culture.--From publisher description.

Notes:

"Book design by Jan Dervejanik."

"December 2005."

"Jacket design: Timothy Hsu."

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

038551462X :

9780385514620

OCLC:

57613498

Publisher Number:

9780385514620 (hardcover) 52995

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