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Publication details [#47186]

Jacobs-Huey, Lanita, ed. 2006. From the Kitchen to the Parlor. Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care. (Studies in Language and Gender). Oxford University Press. 200 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

comedy | gender | health | language use | race

Annotation

This volume deals with language use, gender and race in the context of African American Women's Hair Care: for instance gender and race in computer-mediated hair debates; knowledge construction and contestation in women's cross-cultural hair testimonies; gender, authenticity, and hair in African American Stand-up Comedy etc.