Hair tells a story : hers, yours and ours / Margo Maine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maine, Margo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hair--Social aspects.

Hair.

Hair--History.

Women--Identity.

Women.

Hair in popular culture--History.

Hair in popular culture.

Hairdressing--Social aspects.

Hairdressing.

Physical Description:

ix, 198 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : Toplight, [2023]

Summary:

""The body is the canvas upon which women paint their secrets and self-doubt, their hopes and their dreams, their pain and their disappointments. Hair has historically played a central role in the battles for power, self-determination and autonomy-serving as a nonverbal language that represents women's lives. However, pain, anxiety, racism, sexism and rigid beauty standards can too often underlie these stories. Modern events like the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed the societal barriers that have prevented the free and equitable expression of hair. Although countless books and articles address body image, the personal psychology and the universal, entangled and lifelong meaning of hair have been missing. This work fills this niche, empowering women to understand complex hair-head-heart connections as well as the many sociocultural and relational pressures they have experienced regarding hair. Above all, the text emphasizes that hair is never just hair."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Hair Matters: Untangling the Universal and Unique

1. Every Woman's Issue

2. Women and Hair: A Love-Hate Story

History: The Roots of the Past

3. It's Never Just Hair

4. Hair Throughout History

5. Hair, Sexuality and Gender Politics

6. Hair Economics

Hair Stories: The Realities of Hair Today

7. Hair and Me

8. Our Mothers: Our Hair

9. "Hair doesn't get fat": Hair and Body Image

10. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

11. What's Age Got to Do with It?

12. Tangles, Snarls and Transitions

13. "Good hair": The Dilemma of Non-White Hair in a White-Powered Culture

14. From the Roots to the CROWN

15. Hairapy or Therapy? Stylists as Essential Workers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476688619

1476688613

OCLC:

1346214208

Publisher Number:

99992874444