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Good and Bad Hair

Door Nikky Finney

Categorie	Mode, Kostuums & Verzorging
Boeknummer	#369669-AF6
Titel	Good and Bad Hair
Auteur	Finney, Nikky
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1997
ISBN10	081352475X
ISBN13	9780813524757
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blind stamped black cloth, gilt lettered spine, illustrated with numerous photographs in b/w, oblong (circa 24x22cm).
Samenvatting	In a time when image is indeed everything, our personal appearance has a tremendous effect on nearly every aspect of our lives on a daily basis. Our choice of hairstyle can mean the difference between acceptance and rejection by groups and individuals. The choices made by African Americans are particularly charged, often affecting the wearer and the viewer in unique and sometimes life-altering ways. Good and Bad Hair emerges out of photographer Bill Gaskins's traveling photo exhibition of the same name. The book features 60 evocative photographs of African American men, women, and children, documenting contemporary black hairstyles and their role as a feature of African American culture. On one level, the photographs present readers with a variety of popular and personal approaches to wear... (Lees verder)ing one's hair. On another level, they isolate what amounts to a bold, assertive departure from the common definition of American beauty that excludes the physical features of many people of African descent. This narrow definition of beauty has created a race-based measurement for what is considered "good" and "bad" hair. Gaskins's pictures identify African Americans from different regions of the United States who expressively symbolize their sense of self and often their sense of an African or black identity through their hair.
Pagina's	140
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 50,00

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