Spectacular Intimacies: Texture, Ethnicity, and a Touch of Black Cultural Politics
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DOI: 10.1080/10999949.2016.1239170
Abstract: In this article I forward an appraisal of the cultural politics of black hair and skin texture, apprehended in visual and tactile terms, in order to stimulate critical conversation on the role of the act… read more here.
Keywords: ethnicity; cultural politics; skin texture; hair ... See more keywords
#BlackIsBeautiful: the radical politics of black hair
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DOI: 10.1080/1472586x.2020.1789501
Abstract: Black Lives Matter 5280 (BLM5280) posts an image on its Facebook page each morning with the caption ‘Good morning #Beautiful people. #BlackIsBeautiful.’ The images in this series often depict Black people in ways that challenge… read more here.
Keywords: blackisbeautiful radical; politics black; blm5280; black hair ... See more keywords
Black hair technologies at the “post-natural” turn
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DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2024.2387123
Abstract: ABSTRACT Manipulation of the hair is one of the lesser theorized technologies through which Black diasporic subjects have carved space for their existence, expressed aspirations, and posed dissent against a social world reliant upon their… read more here.
Keywords: hair technologies; hair; post natural; natural turn ... See more keywords