Dont Touch My Hair
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Women in History
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-10
- 014198628X
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Dont Touch My Hair
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ISBN: 014198628X
Author: Emma Dabiri
Condition: New
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 womens solidarity and friendship to forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashians 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, Dont 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.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 IRISH BOOK AWARDS
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