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Redefining the Identity of Black Women: "Natural" Hair and the Natural Hair Movement

Description:

This study examines young, Black women's hair practices and perspectives within the current wave of the Natural Hair Movement. Based on twelve in-depth interviews with Black women in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, this analysis uses Black feminist thought and standpoint theory to center...

Author:

Henderson, Amber Juatane

Keyword:

Natural Hair Movement, Black hair, Black women, Hair, African American women, and Natural hair

GW Unit:

Sociology

Degree:

M.A.

Advisor:

Ken, Ivy

Committee Member(s):

Deitch, Cynthia

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation