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Don't Touch My Hair

byEmma Dabiri

Genres: Feminism Biography Feminist Icons Gender Equality Debates

Who is this book for? Readers interested in race, identity, and cultural studies.

Topics AfrofuturismSolidarityCultural appropriationBlack hair cultureIdentityResistanceOppressionLiberationHistorical significanceBeauty standardsRace and PrejudiceSocial Class

MoodReflective

Female protagonist

'Groundbreaking ... a scintillating, intellectual investigation into black women and the very serious business of our hair, as it pertains to race, gender, social codes, tradition, culture, cosmology, maths, politics, philosophy and history' - Bernardine Evaristo From women's solidarity and friendship to forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids, the scope of black hairstyling ranges from pop culture to cosmology, from prehistoric times to the (afro)futuristic. Uncovering sophisticated indigenous mathematical systems in black hairstyles, alongside styles that served as secret intelligence networks leading enslaved Africans to freedom, Don't Touch My Hair proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation.

Language

Published on

03/05/2020

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141986289

Price Comparison

10.19 €

10.99 £

13.99 €

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