Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Dabiri, Emma

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

A Kirkus Best Book of the YearStamped from the Beginning meets You Can't Touch My Hair in...
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Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Dabiri, Emma

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

$20.25

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

$20.25
Author: Emma Dabiri
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A Kirkus Best Book of the Year

Stamped from the Beginning meets You Can't Touch My Hair in this timely and
resonant essay collection f
rom Guardian contributor and prominent BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri, exploring the ways in which black hair has been
appropriated and stigmatized throughout history, with ruminations on body
politics, race, pop culture, and Dabiri's own journey to loving her hair.

Emma Dabiri can tell you the first time she chemically
straightened her hair. She can describe the smell, the atmosphere of the salon,
and her mix of emotions when she saw her normally kinky tresses fall down her
shoulders. For as long as Emma can remember, her hair has been a source of
insecurity, shame, and--from strangers and family alike--discrimination. And she
is not alone.

Despite increasingly liberal world views, black hair
continues to be erased, appropriated, and stigmatized to the point of taboo.
Through her personal and historical journey, Dabiri gleans insights into the
way racism is coded in society's perception of black hair--and how it is often
used as an avenue for discrimination. Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa,
through the Harlem Renaissance, and into today's Natural Hair Movement,
exploring everything from women's solidarity and friendship, to the
criminalization of dreadlocks, to the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's
braids.

Through the lens of hair texture, Dabiri leads us on a
historical and cultural investigation of the global history of racism--and her
own personal journey of self-love and finally, acceptance.

Deeply researched and powerfully resonant, Twisted proves
that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be
understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation.




Author: Emma Dabiri
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/23/2020
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780062966728


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2020 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly 04/06/2020
Library Journal 05/01/2020 pg. 133
Booklist 04/15/2020 pg. 7

About the Author
Dabiri, Emma: -

Emma Dabiri is a regular presenter on BBC and contributor for The Guardian. She is a teaching fellow in the Africa department at SOAS and a Visual Sociology PhD researcher at Goldsmiths. Her writing has been published in a number of anthologies, academic journals, and the national press. She lives in London.

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