Hair Raising: Beauty, Culture, and African American Women by Noliwe M. Rooks

Hair Raising: Beauty, Culture, and African American Women

Noliwe M. Rooks

176 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring slow-paced
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We all know there is a politics of skin color, but is there a politics of hair?In 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. She di...

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