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: 1771123591
- ISBN: 1771123605
- ISBN: 9781771123594
- ISBN: 9781771123600
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (311 pages)
- Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString.july.24 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: African Canadian Newspapers and Early Black Beauty Culture, 1914-1945 -- CHAPTER 2 From Ebony's "Brownskin" to "Black Is Beautiful" in the News Observer, 1946-1969 -- CHAPTER 3 Black Beauty Culture in the Pages of Contrast and Share: Local Beauty Salons, Department Stores, and Drugstores in the 1970s and 1980s -- CHAPTER 4 Global Conglomerates Take Over Black Beauty Culture: The Ethnically Ambiguous, "Multicultural" 1990s and 2000s -- CHAPTER 5 The Politics of Black Hair in the Twenty-First Century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 14, 2019). |
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Genre: | History |