From the kitchen to the parlor language and becoming in African American women's hair care
Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlours, Internet discussions, comedy clubs and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experienc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2006, 2006
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| Series: | Studies in language and gender / Studies in language and gender
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlours, Internet discussions, comedy clubs and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 180 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199866939 0199866937 |