Hair Raising: Beauty, Culture, and African American Women

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Illustrations                                             ix
  Acknowledgments                                           xi
  1. Nappi by Nature: Afros, Hot Combs, and Black Pride      1
  2. Beauty, Race, and Black Pride                          23
  3. Advertising Contradictions
  4. Broadening Representational Boundaries                 75
  5. Gender, Hair, and African American Women's Magazines   97
  6. In Search of Connections                              115
  After word                                               137
  Notes                                                    139
  Selected Bibliography                                    149
  Index                                                    157