Hair Tells a Story

Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS, is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in eating disorders and related issues for over 35 years. She lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to women’s health and maintains a private practice in West Hartford, Connecticut.

• 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