From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care / Edition 1

From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care / Edition 1

by Lanita Jacobs-Huey
ISBN-10:
0195304160
ISBN-13:
9780195304169
Pub. Date:
04/20/2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195304160
ISBN-13:
9780195304169
Pub. Date:
04/20/2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care / Edition 1

From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care / Edition 1

by Lanita Jacobs-Huey
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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195304169
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 04/20/2006
Series: Studies in Language and Gender
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 9.20(w) x 6.28(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Lanita Jacobs-Huey is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and co-affiliated with the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

Table of 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
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