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:

xii, 180 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction: From the Kitchen to the Parlor

1. Negotiating Expert and Novice Identities through Client-stylist Interactions

2. "We Are Like Doctors": Socializing Cosmetologists into the Discourse of Science

3. A License to Touch: Cosmetology as a Divine Calling

4. Gender, Authenticity, and Hair in African American Stand-up Comedy

5. "BTW, How Do You Wear Your Hair?": Gender and Race in Computer-mediated Hair Debates

6. Constructing and Contesting Knowledge in Women's Cross-cultural Hair Testimonies

7. Critical Reflections on Language, Gender, and "Native" Anthropology

Appendix: Transcription Conventions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

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

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ISBN:

9780195345728

019534572X

OCLC:

191924252