Title Hair raising : beauty, culture, and African American women / Noliwe M. Rooks

Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1996] ©1996

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Description xiii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Contents 1. Nappi by Nature: Afros, Hot Combs, and Black Pride -- 2. Beauty, Race, and Black Pride -- 3. Advertising Contradictions -- 4. Broadening Representational Boundaries -- 5. Gender, Hair, and African American Women's Magazines -- 6. In Search of Connections Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-156) and index Subject African American women in advertising -- History. African American women -- History. Beauty culture -- United States -- History. Hairdressing of African Americans -- History. LC no. 95051395 ISBN 0813523117 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813523125 (paperback: alk. paper)

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