ISBN:
0585480451
,
9780585480459
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 248 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Willett, Julie A Permanent waves
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Beauty shops History
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United States
;
Beauty shops Social aspects
;
United States
;
United States
;
Beauty shops History
;
Beauty shops Social aspects
;
Beauty Culture History
;
Hair
;
History, 20th Century
;
Women History
;
Integumentary System
;
Persons
;
History, Modern 1601-
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Industry
;
Anatomy
;
History
;
Named Groups
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Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
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Technology, Industry, Agriculture
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Humanities
;
History, 20th Century
;
Beauty Culture
;
Hair
;
Women
;
Beauty shops ; Social aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts
;
Arts & Crafts
;
Beauty shops
;
History
;
United States
;
Electronic books History
;
History.
;
History.
Abstract:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Getting to the Roots of the Industry; 2. Beauty School Promises and Shop Floor Practices; 3. Blue Eagles, Neighborhood Shops, and the Making of a Profession; 4. "Growing Faster Than the Dark Roots on a Platinum Blonde": The Golden Years of the Neighborhood Shop; 5. Afros, Cornrows, and Jesus Hair: Corporate America, the Ethnic Market, and the Struggle over Professionalism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Abstract:
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 con
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-243) and index. - Description based on print version record
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