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<p>Cut it, color it, perm it, shave it, braid it, wax it, highlight it, mousse it, gel it, brush it and brush it and brush it...</p> <p>What don't we do to our hair?</p> <p>Diane Simon is fascinated by people's relationship with their hair because it is both very personal one and very public. She recognizes that so much of who we are is reflected in our relationship with our hair.</p> <p>Diane is the curly-haired daughter of straight haired parents and has suffered much for her "bad hair". In researching and writing <i>Hair: Public, Political, <u>Extremely</u></i> <i>Personal</i> she has used her suffering as a point of entry, a common ground to share with those who think of themselves as excluded from Western beauty norms because of their hair.</p> <p>In <i>Hair: Public, Political, <u>Extremely</u></i> <i>Personal</i>, social and cultural issues form the backdrop for an exploration of the choices people make to transform themselves through their hair. <i>Hair</i> is a cultural investigation with a strong narrative momentum and a commitment to individual personalities. Join Diane on her visits to Harlem braiding salons and Hassidic wig shops, and in her quest to try every type of h

Author

Simon, Diane

Publisher

New York: St. Martin's Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312278519

Subjects

Folklore, Anthropology, Health & Fitness

Updated

2026-03-24