African-Caribbean Hairdressing, Second Edition is an updated essential guide covering all aspects of African-Caribbean hairdressing techniques in this area. It and is the only book written in the UK for students and professionals studying and working with this client group. African-Caribbean hair is more delicate than other types of hair and the techniques and procedures require a specialist knowledge and expertise. This book takes the reader step-by-step through each skill area with the aid of illustrations and photographs.
Internationally respected dermatologist Dr. Lowe explains the differences between anti-aging products--which work and why, how to choose between them, and what to expect. He also gives an objective, up-to-the-minute account of all aspects of aging skin.
This comprehensive book has the answers to all the questions about the care of African-American hair, whether it is natural, relaxed, or color-treated. Includes information on growing hair long and healthy, stopping hair from breaking, getting rid of dryness, and preventing problems forever. Photos.
While the issue of beauty has recently resurfaced after a long silence in Europe and North America, this is the first book of its kind to tackle the subject of beauty in Africa. The essays suggest that the concept of beauty cannot be understood without a simultaneous understanding of the idea of ugliness. Writtten by continental and diasporic scholars, essays focus on sculpture, photography, art, music, fiction, food, clothing and urban design. Contributors include William Kentridge, Achille Mbembe, Simon Gikandi and Mia Couto.
This fascinating story of body care and the creation of sensual ambiance focuses on customs practiced in the Middle East, Africa and India and takes a humorous look at the often converse attitudes toward the body prevailing in the West.
Plenty of successful guides have been published for hip girls in general, but now the trendsetting black reader has a book of her own. Dedicated to chic sisters everywhere, "Beautylicious! shimmers with wit and soul--an irresistible new recipe for loving, playing, and beautifying with verve. Chapters include: - Soul Power: Sizzle with radiance from the inside out - Queen Me: Treats to perk you up when the blues have got you down - Superfly: How to heat up your wardrobe without scorching your self-confidence - Fit and Fine: A toned body plus a healthy mind equals a sensational you - Beauty . . . Moi Way: Enhancing fabulous you - Fun and Frolic: Perfecting your swerve - "Fete Accompli: Entertaining wtih style and soul - Date-o-Rama: The fast track to vixenhood - Mane Intrigue: Straight talk on finding a hairstyle that's as fabulous as you are - Luxe Life: The fine art of indulgence
"Beautylicious!also shares know-how from the Patron Saints of Fabulosity, along with tips for becoming a favorite hostess (and a favorite guest), staying cool in heated situations, and finessing that saucy outlook on life. The ideal gift, "Beautylicious! sparkles with fun and flair.
This strategy-packed book helps women of color take excellent care of their unique skin and hair, sharing cleansing and makeup advice, solutions to everyday problems, and a comprehensive discussion of treatments of all kinds. Photos.
Joseph R. Gusfield has been for decades the most creative, penetrating, and far-sighted sociologist of alcohol's ambiguous place in American society. Combining in his work the perspectives and methods of historian, anthropologist, and sociologist, Gusfield brings together in this volume many of his most important articles from a span of twenty years, as well as several fascinating but little-known ethnographic studies of bars in San Diego and a previously unpublished study of court-mandated procedures involving convicted drinking-drivers. Gusfield begins by offering two new constructionist analyses of social problems, focusing on alcohol. His theme throughout Contested Meanings is the conflicting and changing ways society defines social problems (when does alcohol consumption cross the line from social activity to social problem?) and on the social and policy consequences of those definitions. He emerges in the course of the book as a thoughtful and realistic social critic who looks beyond analyses of drinking as pathological behavior to consider the place of alcohol in American popular and leisure culture.
When is hair "just hair" and when is it not "just hair"? Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlors, Internet discussions, comedy clubs, and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences.
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