Beauty shop politics: African American women's activism in the beauty industry
Book
University of Illinois Press - Urbana
2010
192 p.
women ; Black ; militancy ; womens rights ; beautician ; cosmetics ; race relations ; women managers ; civil rights ; history
Women in American history
Women
English
978-0252076961
14.04-67085
"Beauty Shop Politics Shows how black beauticians in the Jim Crow era parlayed their economic independence and access to a public community space into platforms for activism. This book argues that the beauty industry played a crucial role in the creation of the modern black female identity. Full description."
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