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From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care (Studies in Language and Gender)

paperback – April 20, 2006
by Jacobs-Huey, Lanita
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ISBN-13: 9780195304169 ISBN-10: 0195304160
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Binding
paperback
Published
April 20, 2006
Weight
0.2 lbs
Dimensions
23.40×1.40×16.00 cm

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From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care (Studies in Language and Gender) by Jacobs-Huey, Lanita. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780195304169.

When is hair "just hair" and when is it not "just hair"? Documenting the politics of African American womens 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 womens day-to-day experiences.