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Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race .
by Maxine Leeds Craig
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- Paperback
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 019515262X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195152623
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About This Item
New York, NY Oxford University Press, 2002. Paperback First Edition Thus [2002); First Printing indicated. by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus [2002); First Printing indicated. by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a very mild, superficial indentation to a small area of the bottom edge of the text block; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the panels. Free of any creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single minor, unobtrusive imperfection only. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.25 x 6.25 x 0.65 inches). viii, 198 pages. Extensive Notes, Bibliography, Index. Liberally illustrated in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 12 ounces. University Press Paperback.
Synopsis
"Black is Beautiful!" The words were the exuberant rallying cry of a generation of black women who threw away their straightening combs and adopted a proud new style they called the Afro. The Afro, as worn most famously by Angela Davis, became a veritable icon of the Sixties.Although the new beauty standards seemed to arise overnight, they actually had deep roots within black communities. Tracing her story to 1891, when a black newspaper launched a contest to find the most beautiful woman of the race, Maxine Leeds Craig documents how black women have negotiated theintersection of race, class, politics, and personal appearance in their lives. Craig takes the reader from beauty parlors in the 1940s to late night political meetings in the 1960s to demonstrate the powerful influence of social movements on the experience of daily lifev
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- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 56797
- Title
- Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race.
- Author
- Maxine Leeds Craig
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus [2002); First Printing indicated. by a comple
- ISBN 10
- 019515262X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195152623
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2002.
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American Studies; Civil Rights Movement;
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