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Permanent Waves: The Making of the American Beauty Shop Yet despite their differences, black and whi. While African American hair-care workers embraced the chance to be independent from white control, negotiated the meanings of hair straightening, and joi
| Title | : | Permanent Waves: The Making of the American Beauty Shop |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (409 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 0814793584 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2000-06-01 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
Throughout the twentieth century, beauty shops have been places where women could enjoy the company of other women, exchange information, and share secrets. The female equivalent of barbershops, they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change.But while the beauty shop created community, it also reflected the racial segregation that has so profoundly shaped American society. Links between style, race, and identity were so intertwined that for much of the beauty shop's history, black and white hairdressing industries were largely separate entities with separate concerns. While African American hair-care workers embraced the chance to be independent from white control, negotiated the meanings of hair straightening, and joined in larger political struggles that challenged Jim Crow, white female hairdressers were embroiled in struggles over self-definition and opposition to their industry's emphasis on male achievement. Yet despite their differences, black and whi
Julie A. Willett is Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University.
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All these connections were investigated, documented and exposed by Martin, plus much more.
For example the role of Max Etingon, lawyer of the well-heeled Etingon family which ran a lucrative fur-trading business with Lenin and later Stalin out of the Soviet Union, in financing Freud’s psychoanalytic publications. "Lesbian and Gay Families Speak Out", also known as "Families of Value", is a fascinating introduction to families of same sex parents and the children thay are raising all over the United States. All this was documented in FBI files, as Martin shows, which included testim
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