TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dabiri,Emma
TI  - Don't touch my hair
SN  - 9780241308349 (hbk.) :
U1  - 391.5'08996 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - UK
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - Hairdressing of Blacks
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Hairstyles
KW  - Women, Black
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Beauty and Fashion
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Specialized
N2  - Over a series of wry, informed chapters, 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. '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
ER  -