Hair Matters: Beauty, Power and Black Women's Consciouness

Drawing on interviews with over 50 women, from teens to seniors, Hair Matters is the first book on the politics of Black hair to be based on substantive, ethnographically informed research. Focusing on the everyday discussions that Black women have among themselves and about themselves, Ingrid Banks analyzes how talking about hair reveals Black women's ideas about race, gender, sexuality, beauty, and power. Ultimately, what emerges is a survey of Black women's consciousness within both their own communities and mainstream culture at large.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Banks, Ingrid
Published: 10/01/2000
Publisher: New York University Press
ISBN: 9780814713372
Pages: 197
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.93h x 5.94w x 0.57d