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From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women’s Hair Care

August 9, 2010 by  
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Product DescriptionWhen 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. . . . More […]

From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women’s Hair Care

August 8, 2010 by  
Filed under Book

Product DescriptionWhen 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. . . . More […]

From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women’s Hair Care

December 18, 2009 by  
Filed under Book

Product DescriptionWhen 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. . . . More […]