From the Kitchen to the Parlor

Lanita Jacobs-Huey is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and co-affiliated with the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

Introduction: From the Kitchen to the Parlor
1: Negotiating Expert and Novice Identities through Client-stylist Interactions
2: "We Are Like Doctors": Socializing Cosmetologists into the Discourse of Science
3: A License to Touch: Cosmetology as a Divine Calling
4: Gender, Authenticity, and Hair in African American Stand-up Comedy
5: "BTW, How Do You Wear Your Hair?": Gender and Race in Computer-mediated Hair Debates
6: Constructing and Contesting Knowledge in Women's Cross-cultural Hair Testimonies
7: Critical Reflections on Language, Gender, and "Native" Anthropology
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