Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women's Activism in the Beauty Industry

by Tiffany M. Gill

Book Overview

Looking through the lens of black business history, Beauty Shop Politics shows how black beauticians in the Jim Crow era parlayed their economic independence and access to a public community space into platforms for activism. Tiffany M. Gill argues that the beauty industry played a crucial role in the creation of the modern black female identity and that the seemingly frivolous space of a beauty salon actually has stimulated social, political,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252076966
• ISBN13: 9780252076961
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"