Plaited Glory: For Colored Girls Who've Considered Braids, Locks, and Twists

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Acknowledgments                              vi
  Introduction: Signifyin' Hair                 1
  1. Parental Guidance Advised                 11
  2. Four Degrees of Preparation               27
  3. Who Ya Gonna Call?                        44
  4. Every Braider Is a Star ... or Knows One  57
  5. Yakety Yak                                65
  6. Stylin' and Profilin'                     74
  7. Lockin' It Up                             79
  8. Surviving the Nap Patrol                  96
  9. Nappy Edges                              101
    10. The Promised Land                     114
  Bibliography and Credits                    120
  Index                                       121