Hair Apparent
eBook - ePub

Hair Apparent

A Voyage Around My Roots

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hair Apparent

A Voyage Around My Roots

About this book

Growing up in the '60s as a Black face in a white space, Tina Shingler always knew that her well-being depended on her ability to assimilate. As a Black Barnardo's child, Tina was 'boarded out' to a white foster family in rural Yorkshire. Overwhelmed by the complex texture of Black hair, her foster mother resorted to chopping back Tina's curls as close to her scalp as possible. Being unceremoniously shorn like a sheep felt like a punishment for having such troublesome hair.

Today, however, many Black girls are growing up confident in the knowledge that their naturally kinky hair in all its amazing transmutations is a powerful expression not only of their identity but also of their individual style. And despite getting off to a bad start with it, Tina has 'grown into' her hair and now appreciates and enjoys its incredible versatility. It has helped her understand herself better, forge her own identity and create a sense of her own worth better than any self-improvement manual.

An inspirational 'hairmoir', Hair Apparent embraces the powerful legacy of Afro hair across several countries and seven decades of social, political and cultural change. Right now, Afro hair is living its best life, and Tina's manifesto of survival, resilience and identity helps us praise it like we should.

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Information

Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781785909016
eBook ISBN
9781785909177

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter One: After the Taj
  7. Chapter Two: Growing Up with Golly
  8. Chapter Three: Royal Duty
  9. Chapter Four: From the Brothers Grimm to Silvikrin
  10. Chapter Five: Feeling Groovy, Baby
  11. Chapter Six: Further Education
  12. Chapter Seven: Renaissance Hair
  13. Chapter Eight: Scandi-Noir
  14. Chapter Nine: A Classroom in Chianti
  15. Chapter Ten: Hair on Trial in America
  16. Chapter Eleven: Hidden Assets
  17. Chapter Twelve: Shifting Gears
  18. Chapter Thirteen: The Shock of the New
  19. Chapter Fourteen: Black Girls Don’t Swim
  20. Chapter Fifteen: Restoration of the Crown
  21. Chapter Sixteen: Mother Love
  22. Chapter Seventeen: Other-Mother Love
  23. Chapter Eighteen: One Day in Rio
  24. Chapter Nineteen: Roots of Inspiration
  25. Chapter Twenty: The Power and the Glory
  26. Acknowledgements
  27. Plate Page
  28. Copyright