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Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories Paperback - 2002

by Juliette Harris (Editor); Pamela Johnson; Introduction by Ntozake Shange

Ranging from the shaving of newborns to the coiffing of the dead, from the anecdotal to the scholarly, and from antebellum America to contemporary Africa, this remarkable array of writings and images illuminates black women's hair and its cultural meaning.

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In the beginning, the story goes, nobody had hair.

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  • Title Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories
  • Author Juliette Harris (Editor); Pamela Johnson; Introduction by Ntozake Shange
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atria Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780671047566 / 0671047566
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.46 x 0.85 in (23.42 x 16.41 x 2.16 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects African American women, Hair
  • Dewey Decimal Code 810.803

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Citations

  • Black Issues Book Review, 03/01/2002, Page 37

About the author

Pamela Johnson, a former Senior Editor of Essence magazine and now a frequent contributor, is a graduate of Stanford University.​

Juliette Harris is the editor of International Review of African American Art (IRAAA), which is published by Hampton University Museum in Virginia. She is the editor of In the Memory of Frances, Zora and Lorraine: Essays and Interviews on Black Women. Her prize-winning plays and TV productions include JUBA, the PBS series on African folklore. She has an MA in American Studies from the College of William and Mary, an MS in TV from Syracuse University, and a BA in history from Virginia Union University.

Ntozake Shange (1948-2018) was a poet, novelist, playwright, and performer. She wrote the Broadway-produced and Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, as well as numerous works of fiction, including Sassafras, Cypress & Indigo; Betsey Brown; and Lilian.

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