Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Lawrence Hill BooksISBN-13:9781641606707ISBN-10:1641606703UPC:9781641606707Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:African American & Black, AmericanSize:9.40 x 6.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SC685F50S6
A Library Journal Best Social Science title of 2022 Black women continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From grammar and high schools to corporate boardrooms and military squadrons, Black and Afro Latina natural hair continues to confound, transfix, and enrage members of White American society. Why, in 2022, is this still the case? Why have we not moved beyond that perennial racist emblem? And why are women so disproportionately affected? Why does our hair become most palatable when it capitulates, and has been subjugated, to resemble Caucasian features as closely as possible? Who or what is responsible for the web of supervision and surveillance of our hair? Who in our society gets to author the prevailing constitution of professional appearance? Particularly relevant during this time of emboldened White supremacy, racism, and provocative othering, this work explores how writing about one of the still-remaining systemic biases in schools, academia, and corporate America might lead to greater understanding and respect.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Lawrence Hill BooksISBN-13:9781641606707ISBN-10:1641606703UPC:9781641606707Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:African American & Black, AmericanSize:9.40 x 6.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SC685F50S6
Lyzette Wanzer is a writer, editor, and workshop instructor. Her work has appeared in more than twenty-five journals, magazines, and books. She has presented her work at conferences across the country. Wanzer is a contributor to The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays and Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins. She lives in San Francisco.
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