Hair Tells a Story

Hers, Yours and Ours

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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The body is the canvas upon which women paint their secrets, their hopes and dreams, pain and disappointments. Hair has long played a role in the struggles for power, self-determination and autonomy--serving as a nonverbal language that represents women's lives. However, pain, anxiety, racism, sexism and rigid beauty standards can too often underlie these stories. Modern events like the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed societal barriers that prevent the free and equitable expression of hair.Although countless books and articles address body image, the personal psychology and the meaning of hair have been missing. This work empowers women to understand complex hair-head-heart connections, and pressures. Above all, the text emphasizes that hair is never just hair.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-01-06
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt277 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476688619

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionHair Matters: Untangling the Universal and Unique1. Every Woman’s Issue2. Women and Hair: A Love-Hate StoryHistory: The Roots of the Past3. It’s Never Just Hair4. Hair Throughout History5. Hair, Sexuality and Gender Politics6. Hair EconomicsHair Stories: The Realities of Hair Today7. Hair and Me8. Our Mothers: Our Hair9. “Hair doesn’t get fat”: Hair and Body Image10. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow11. What’s Age Got to Do with It?12. Tangles, Snarls and Transitions13. “Good hair”: The Dilemma of Non-White Hair in a White-Powered Culture14. From the Roots to the CROWN15. Hairapy or Therapy? Stylists as Essential WorkersConclusion: Connection, Connection, ConnectionAppendix: Questions and ExercisesChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“Once again Margo Maine knocks it out of the park …this time on a new topic, seldom written about but of great importance. Using wide-ranging personal stories, she vividly illustrates how women’s hair has been sexualized and how attempts to control and cover it have restricted female autonomy around the world for thousands of years. This insightful and witty book is a pleasure to read and a significant addition to feminist literature.”—Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., creator of the Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women