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Beauty in a box : detangling the roots of Canada's black beauty culture / Cheryl Thompson.
"It's about black beauty culture in North America from an interdisciplinary perspective that encompasses many fields: history, race and cultural theory, consumer culture theory, media studies, diasporic art history, black feminism, visual culture, film studies, and political economy."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771123587
- ISBN: 1771123583
- Physical Description: 311 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2019].
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-303) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- African Canadian newspapers and early black beauty culture, 1914-1945 -- From Ebony's "brownskin" to "black is beautiful" in the News Observer, 1946-1969 -- Black beauty culture in the pages of Contrast and Share: local beauty salons, department stores, and drugstores in the 1970s and 1980s -- Global conglomerates take over black beauty culture: the ethically ambiguous "multicultural" 1990s and 2000s -- The politics of black hair in the twenty-first century.
- Additional Physical Form available Note:
- Issued also in electronic format.
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- Subject:
- Beauty, Personal > Canada > History > 20th century.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
Beauty culture > Social aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
African American women > Race identity.
African Americans > Race identity.
Hair > Social aspects > United States.
Beauty, Personal > United States.
Women, Black > Health and hygiene > Canada > History > 20th century.
Women, Black > Canada > Social conditions > 20th century.
Black Canadian women > Health and hygiene > History > 20th century.
Black Canadian women > Social conditions > 20th century.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | HQ 1220 C3 T46 2019 (Text) | 26040003387681 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |