Hair matters beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness /

Banks, Ingrid, 1966-

Hair matters beauty, power, and Black women's consciousness / [electronic resource] : Ingrid Banks. - New York : New York University Press, c2000. - x, 197 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






African American women--Race identity.
African American women--Social conditions.
Hair--Social aspects--United States.
Beauty, Personal--Social aspects--United States.
African American women--Interviews.
African American women--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

E185.86 / .B265 2000

391.5/082