{"product_id":"hair-raising-beauty-culture-and-african-american-women-9780813523125","title":"Hair Raising  Beauty Culture and African American Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe all know there is a politics of skin color, but is there a politics of hair?\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn this book, Noliwe Rooks explores the history and politics of hair and beauty culture in African American communities from the nineteenth century to the 1990s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRooks's excellent book is a welcome entry in the feminist debates about American 'beauty culture'... Readable, accessible, and helpfully illustrated. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eRooks dig deep to describe how beauty and culture have politicized African American women and demonstrates that Western definitions of beauty are often not endorsed by African American women. Compelling. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eHair Rising is insightful, engaging, imaginative, and even musical. Rooks harmonizes her voice as a scholar analyzing hair with her voice as a black woman talking politics with other black women, in salons and parlors, to the rhythms of combing, brushing, braiding, and straightening... This a must-read! -- Gloria Wade-Gayles * Professor of English and Women's Studies, Spelman College, and author of Pushed Back to Strength: A *\u003cbr\u003eRooks deconstructs dominant cultural notions of femininity and\/or beauty with humor, dignity, and a defiant sassiness. Read this book! -- Joanne M. Braxton * Frances and Edwin L. Cummings Professor of America Studies and English, The College of William and M *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNappi by nature: afros, hot combs, and black pride\u003cbr\u003e Beauty, race, and black pride\u003cbr\u003e Advertising contradictions\u003cbr\u003e Broadening representational boundaries\u003cbr\u003e Gender, hair, and African American women's magazines\u003cbr\u003e In search of connections","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768150720855,"sku":"9780813523125","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813523125.jpg?v=1758716574","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hair-raising-beauty-culture-and-african-american-women-9780813523125","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}