Author: Boise Cascade Center for Community Development
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Category : Beauty shops
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Beauty Shop Politics
Author: Tiffany M. Gill
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252095545
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
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, and economic change. From the founding of the National Negro Business League in 1900 and onward, African Americans have embraced the entrepreneurial spirit by starting their own businesses, but black women's forays into the business world were overshadowed by those of black men. With a broad scope that encompasses the role of gossip in salons, ethnic beauty products, and the social meanings of African American hair textures, Gill shows how African American beauty entrepreneurs built and sustained a vibrant culture of activism in beauty salons and schools. Enhanced by lucid portrayals of black beauticians and drawing on archival research and oral histories, Beauty Shop Politics conveys the everyday operations and rich culture of black beauty salons as well as their role in building community.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252095545
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
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, and economic change. From the founding of the National Negro Business League in 1900 and onward, African Americans have embraced the entrepreneurial spirit by starting their own businesses, but black women's forays into the business world were overshadowed by those of black men. With a broad scope that encompasses the role of gossip in salons, ethnic beauty products, and the social meanings of African American hair textures, Gill shows how African American beauty entrepreneurs built and sustained a vibrant culture of activism in beauty salons and schools. Enhanced by lucid portrayals of black beauticians and drawing on archival research and oral histories, Beauty Shop Politics conveys the everyday operations and rich culture of black beauty salons as well as their role in building community.
Beauty Shops
Author: Boise Cascade Center for Community Development
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Category : Beauty shops
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category : Beauty shops
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Employment Conditions in Beauty Shops
Author: Ethel Erickson
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Category : Afro-American women
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Category : Afro-American women
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Urban Business Profile: Beauty Shops
Author: United States. Economic Development Administration
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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BEAUTY SHOP
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Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Languages : en
Pages : 630
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The Retail Druggist
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Category : Drugstores
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Category : Drugstores
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Permanent Waves
Author: Julie Ann Willett
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814763960
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Throughout the twentieth century, beauty shops have been places where women could enjoy the company of other women, exchange information, and share secrets. The female equivalent of barbershops, they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change. But while the beauty shop created community, it also reflected the racial segregation that has so profoundly shaped American society. Links between style, race, and identity were so intertwined that for much of the beauty shop's history, black and white hairdressing industries were largely separate entities with separate concerns. While African American hair-care workers embraced the chance to be independent from white control, negotiated the meanings of hair straightening, and joined in larger political struggles that challenged Jim Crow, white female hairdressers were embroiled in struggles over self-definition and opposition to their industry's emphasis on male achievement. Yet despite their differences, black and white hairdressers shared common stakes as battles were waged over issues of work, skill, and professionalism unique to women's service work. Permanent Waves traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market," to the present day.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814763960
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Throughout the twentieth century, beauty shops have been places where women could enjoy the company of other women, exchange information, and share secrets. The female equivalent of barbershops, they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change. But while the beauty shop created community, it also reflected the racial segregation that has so profoundly shaped American society. Links between style, race, and identity were so intertwined that for much of the beauty shop's history, black and white hairdressing industries were largely separate entities with separate concerns. While African American hair-care workers embraced the chance to be independent from white control, negotiated the meanings of hair straightening, and joined in larger political struggles that challenged Jim Crow, white female hairdressers were embroiled in struggles over self-definition and opposition to their industry's emphasis on male achievement. Yet despite their differences, black and white hairdressers shared common stakes as battles were waged over issues of work, skill, and professionalism unique to women's service work. Permanent Waves traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market," to the present day.
Beauty and Barber Shops
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Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Occupational Information Research Report
Author: United States. National Youth Administration of Illinois
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Category : Occupations
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Category : Occupations
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Business Establishments, Employment and Taxable Pay Rolls Under Old Age and Survivors Insurance Program
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Category : Industrial statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Category : Industrial statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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