Twisted, the tangled history of Black hair culture, Emma Dabiri
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Twisted, the tangled history of Black hair culture, Emma Dabiri
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255)
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contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Twisted
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1145925287
Responsibility statement
Emma Dabiri
Sub title
the tangled history of Black hair culture
Summary
Despite increasingly liberal world views, Black hair continues to be erased, appropriated, and stigmatized to the point of taboo. Through her personal and historical journey, Dabiri gleans insights into the way racism is coded in society's perception of Black hair--and how it is often used as an avenue for discrimination. Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, and into today's Natural Hair Movement, exploring everything from women's solidarity and friendship, to the criminalization of dreadlocks, to the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids. Through the lens of hair texture, Dabiri leads us on a historical and cultural investigation of the global history of racism--and her own personal journey of self-love and finally, acceptance. Deeply researched and powerfully resonant, Twisted proves that far from being only hair, Black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for Black oppression and, ultimately, liberation.--Adapted from back cover
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Tangled history of Black hair culture
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Genre
Subject
- Hair
- Femmes noires + Conditions sociales
- Coiffures (Cheveux) + Aspect social
- Secondary sex characteristics
- Hairdressing of Black people + History
- Personnes noires + Coiffure
- Hairstyles + History
- Hair + Social aspects
- Personnes noires + Coiffure + Histoire
- Autobiographies
- Personnes noires + Coiffure + Aspect social
- Hairdressing of Black people
- Coiffures (Cheveux) + Histoire
- Hairstyles + Social aspects
- Women, Black + Social conditions
- Hairdressing of Black people + Social aspects
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- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject16
- Hair
- Femmes noires + Conditions sociales
- Coiffures (Cheveux) + Aspect social
- Secondary sex characteristics
- Hairdressing of Black people + History
- Personnes noires + Coiffure
- Hairstyles + History
- Hair + Social aspects
- Personnes noires + Coiffure + Histoire
- Autobiographies
- Personnes noires + Coiffure + Aspect social
- Hairdressing of Black people
- Coiffures (Cheveux) + Histoire
- Hairstyles + Social aspects
- Women, Black + Social conditions
- Hairdressing of Black people + Social aspects
- Content1
- Author1
- Is Part Of1
- Mapped to1