Hair as a Battleground
Abstract
The lack of exposure to our natural hair in and out of the home contributes to our vulnerability to styles that might be damaging to our hair but provide some relief in our ability to move throughout the world. This chapter introduces the hair cycle of escalation and texturized code-switching as a way to explore how Black women move beyond embodied colonization and make decisions around our hair that are subversive. The idea “agency and choice” is at the crux of this chapter.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Fashion and Cultural Textiles
Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
Race
History
and American Society
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 87–105
- Publication date
- 12 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter