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Beauty in a box : detangling the roots of Canada's black beauty culture
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- Summary
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"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, dias...
"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."--
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- Creator
- Cheryl Thompson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2019
- Physical Details
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- 311 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1771123591, 9781771123600, 1771123583, 9781771123594, 1771123605, 9781771123587
- OCLC
- on1030224071, on1080215773
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Issued also in electronic format.
Subjects
- 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.