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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Natural Hair"”.
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The role of reference groups as credible sources in African women’s natural hair care consumption behaviour
The proliferation of information on Black women’s natural hair care products globally and in South Africa has created the need for a better understanding of the role of reference groups’ source credibility in Black African women’s natural hair care consumption behaviour. Reference groups’ source …
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LOVING BLACKNESS: BLACK WOMEN DIGITAL CONTENT CREATORS AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE HEALING POWERS OF THE CONTEMPORARY NATURAL HAIR MOVEMENT.
… which Black women digital content creators with natural hair utilize the private sphere -- the homespace-- as a means of claiming space on the internet to, educate, encourage, and inspire Black women with natural hair. Using a womanist lens, I examine five YouTube videos, as rhetorical artifacts, …
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Working on my hair: a visual analysis of natural hair and Black women professionals in popular television programming
… of racial neoliberalism. This study focuses on hairstyles for Black women because hair functions as a racial signifier to the audience and is thus a key component of the visual rhetoric under observation. I answer the research question: how does the visibility and representation of natural hair …
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What do I do with my hair? Identity, performance and social representations of Black hair in women of colour in England and Germany
The Natural Hair Movement is changing how women of colour make sense of their hair and what they do with their hair. By encouraging women of colour to embrace the natural – afro, kinky or curly – texture of their hair, the Natural Hair Movement produces social representations of natural hair that …
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Act local, think global – The aesthetics of success: race and Beauty in the global south: a reflection on South African women content creators' online performances on YouTube and Instagram
… in the world, with themes relating to education, hair, beauty and all other sorts of lifestyle-related topics. I would be lying if I did not mention how the women on YouTube talking about their natural hair drove me to explore a hair routine away from chemicals. Straightening our natural hair and …
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The Effects of Body Modifications and Dress on Perceived Professionalism and Competency of a Female Model
… how much appearance attributes such as dress and hair color effect others' interpretation of who a person may be? The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between specific appearance and body modifications (dress and hair color) of a young female professional and perceived …
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A Survey on the Microscopical and Chemical Analysis of Synthetic Wig Fibers
… are manufactured to take on the appearance of natural hair for either cosmetic or costume use. Subsequently, the characteristics of wig fibers, especially as a collective group within a single wig, can vary greatly from those synthetic fibers collected from garments and household items. A …
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The use of hair detect (and monitor) chronic hyperglycaemia
… glycaemic control may be useful. Since scalp hair consists of about 80% protein, which is subject to non-enzymatic glycation, and growing hair has a rich blood supply exposing it to free glucose, it is likely that hair can be used as an alternative substrate for monitoring chronic …
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I survived: Brush your hair 100 times a night and it’ll grow into an art education
… this, I began to think of how the practice of hair care can be translated in order to reframe the practice of learning. Learning about one’s hair is a continuous process and happens alongside any other education that happens, so I think that using that with art education in this context, is a …
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Travelling hair pains of the past: The continued impact of colonialism on the construction of black women's hair
The study of Black women's hair politics is recent. It refers to the existing social discussions and analyses of Black women's hair by Black women. And focuses on Black women's racial, gendered, political, and personal experiences with their hair. It explores how their views relate to dominant …
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Down to the Roots: A Qualitative Analysis of the Psychological Impacts of Messages Black Women Receive Regarding their Hair
… OF MESSAGES BLACK WOMEN RECIEVE REGARDING THEIR HAIR MAJOR PROFESSOR: Kathleen Chwalisz, Ph.D. Typical Black features such as thick lips, dark skin, and kinky hair have historically been the subject of scrutiny, exploitation, and devaluation in America. Hair is an important aspect of the …
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Dress to Repress: Exploring How Dress Codes & Norms Harm Black Women in the Workplace
… of White male standards is Black women’s hairstyling habits. While some Black women may engage in impression management and straighten their hair to fit in more, others may not feel authentic with straightened hair and could choose to deliberately express their identity through their …
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The Return: Understanding why Black Women Choose to "Go Natural"
… Carolina have made the decision to wear their hair naturally, in its original kinky, curly, non-straightened form. I’ve chosen this topic because “in our society, long straight hair has generally been considered the gold standard for attractiveness” (Rosette & Dumas, 2007, p. 410) and by …