Blackberries and redbones : critical articulations of black hair/body politics in Africana communities / edited by Regina E. Spellers and Kimberly R. Moffitt.
| Other author | Spellers, Regina E. |
| Other author | Moffitt, Kimberly R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cresskill, NJ : Hampton Press, ©2010. |
| Description | xii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Hampton Press communication series Hampton Press communication series. ^A511940 |
| Contents | The big girl's chair : a rhetorical analysis of how motions for kids markets relaxers to African American girls / Shauntae Brown White -- Pretty color 'n good hair : Creole women of New Orleans and the politics of identity / Yaba Amgborale Blay -- Invisible dread : from twisted : the dreadlocks chronicles / Bert Ashe -- Social constructions of a Black woman's hair : critical reflections of a graying Sistah / Brenda J. Allen -- What it feels like for a (Black gay HIV+) boy / Chris Bell -- Dominican dance floor / Kiini Ibura Salaam -- Covering up fat upper arms / Mary L. O'Neal -- Cimmarronas, ciguapas, and senoras : hair, beauty, and national identity in the Dominican Republic / Ana-Maurine Lara -- Of wigs and weaves, locks, and fades : a personal political hair story / Neal A. Lester -- "Scatter the pigeons" : baldness and the performance of hyper-Black masculinity / E. Patrick Johnson -- From air Jordan to jumpman : the black male body as commodity / Ingrid Banks -- Cool pose on wheels : an exploration of the disabled Black male in film / Kimberly R. Moffitt -- Decoding the meaning of tattoos : cluster criticism and the case of Tupac Shakur's body art / Carlos D. Morrison, Josette R. Hutton, and Ulysses Williams, Jr. -- Blacks in white marble : interracial female subjects in mid-nineteenth-century neoclassicism / Charmaine Nelson -- Changing hair/changing race : black authenticity, colorblindness -- And hairy post-ethnic costumes in mixing Nia / Ralina L. Joseph -- "I'm real" (Black) when I wanna be : examining J. Lo's racial assets / Sika Alaine Dagbovie and Zine Magubane -- Diaspora in my hair : a poetic narrative of my experience in Europe / Nadège Tanite Clitandre -- Broken mirrors and reflections of one's self : blackness, Indianness, and hybridity / Hershini Bhana Young -- Sun kissed or sun cursed? : exploring color consciousness and Black women's tanning experiences / Regina E. Spellers -- African men in the United States : stories of race, gender, sexuality and power / Hameed S. Williams (Herukhuti) -- Weaving messages of self-esteem : empowering mothers and daughters through hair braiding / Tracey Y. Lewis-Elligan -- Divas to the dance floor please! : a neo-Black feminist readin(g) of cool pose / D. Nebi Hilliard -- Coming out natural : dreaded desire, sex roles, and cornrows / L. H. Stallings -- "I am more than a victim" : the slave woman stereotype in antebellum narratives by Black men / Ellesia A. Blaque -- Two warring ideals, one dark body : hegemony, duality, and temporality of the black body in African-American religion / Stephen C. Finley -- The snake that bit medusa : one (phenotypically) white woman's dreads / Kabira Z. Cadogan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2010014771 |
| ISBN | 9781572738805 |
| ISBN | 1572738804 |
| ISBN | 9781572738812 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1572738812 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | TT972 .B527 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |