Don't touch my hair
(Adult Book)
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Published
London, UK : Allen Lane, 2019.
Format
Adult Book
ISBN
0241308348, 9780241308349 :
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Non-Fiction (Adult) - Non-Fiction Shelves
391.508996 D33 2019
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391.508996 D33 2019
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Published
London, UK : Allen Lane, 2019.
Language
English
ISBN
0241308348, 9780241308349 :
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-[244]).
Description
"This book is about why black hair matters. Emma Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, Black Power and on to today's Natural Hair Movement, the Cultural Appropriation Wars and beyond. We look at everything from hair capitalists like Madam C.J. Walker in the early 1900s to the rise of Shea Moisture today, from women's solidarity and friendship to 'black people time', forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids. The scope of black hairstyling ranges from pop culture to cosmology, from prehistoric times to the (afro)futuristic. Uncovering sophisticated indigenous mathematical systems in black hairstyles, alongside styles that served as secret intelligence networks leading enslaved Africans to freedom, Don't Touch My Hair proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation"--Goodreads.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dabiri, E. (2019). Don't touch my hair . Allen Lane.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dabiri, Emma. 2019. Don't Touch My Hair. Allen Lane.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dabiri, Emma. Don't Touch My Hair Allen Lane, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dabiri, Emma. Don't Touch My Hair Allen Lane, 2019.
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