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Trauma, tresses & truth : untangling our hair through personal narratives

Title

Trauma, tresses & truth : untangling our hair through personal narratives / edited by Lyzette Wanzer.

Publication

Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2023]
©2023

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Description

xxix, 255 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

"Black women continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From grammar and high schools to corporate boardrooms and military squadrons, Black and Afro Latina natural hair continues to confound, transfix, and enrage members of White American society. Why, in 2022, is this still the case? Why have we not moved beyond that perennial racist emblem? And why are women so disproportionately affected? Why does our hair become most palatable when it capitulates, and has been subjugated, to resemble Caucasian features as closely as possible? Who or what is responsible for the web of supervision and surveillance of our hair? Who in our society gets to author the prevailing constitution of professional appearance? Particularly relevant during this time of emboldened White supremacy, racism, and provocative othering, this work explores how writing about one of the still-remaining systemic biases in schools, academia, and corporate America might lead to greater understanding and respect."--Publisher.

Alternative Title

Trauma, tresses and truth

Subject

Genre/Form

Personal narratives.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241).

Contents

Part I: A critical lens -- The ancient / Iris Crawford -- Toward decolonizing our roots / Lyzette Wanzer, MFA -- The swiftness Black women know / Dr. Regis Fox -- Black women maneuvering nappy / Judy Juanita -- Black hair matters: Teaching and living race amid civil strife / Dr. Shatima Jenique Jones -- Natural's not in it: Black women's hair in majority White professional settings / Margalynne Armstrong, JD -- Part II: The pilgrimage -- Peinate el pelo / Carmen Bardeguez-Brown -- Hair politics: An Afro Puerto Rican womyn's untangled narrative / Dr. Bárbara Isalisse Abadía-Rexach -- Naturally: A hair journey to African and beyond / Kim Coleman Foote -- Another layer of our freedom / Lyndsey Ellis, MFA -- 'Fro fatigue and other 4C woes / Dr. Adrienne Danyelel Oliver -- Part III: Intimate encounters -- Solstice in solidified sugar / Dr. Raina León -- Pelo liso y pelo malo: My mother and me / MK Chavez -- Self-care and sanctuary in Black women's salons / Sr. Sherry Johnson -- My locs, her locs: Our personal journey / Sulma Arzu-Brown -- My curls, my crown / Dr. Priscilla Ferreira -- Part IV: The unshackled chronicles -- Yo soy parte Dominicana, yo soy Black, yo soy misma! / Tyrice Brown, MA -- Power struggle / Jasmine Hawkins, MA -- In the kitchen / Jewelle Gomez, MS -- Beauty is pain: A hairstory / Kelechi Ubozoh -- Hair chronicles of an Afro Puerto Rican / Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa -- Turning the lens rightside up / Lyzette Wanzer, MFA.

Call Number

Sc D 23-298

ISBN

9781641606707
1641606703

LCCN

2022941628

OCLC

1294285161

Title

Trauma, tresses & truth : untangling our hair through personal narratives / edited by Lyzette Wanzer.

Publisher

Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2023]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241).

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Wanzer, Lyzette, editor.

Mbilishaka, Afiya, writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

Sc D 23-298

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