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9780847699339

Sheila's Shop Working-Class African American Women Talk about Life, Love, Race, and Hair

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  • ISBN13:

    9780847699339

  • ISBN10:

    0847699331

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-06-25
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Summary

Sheila's Shop invites us into a Southern beauty parlor to meet working-class African American women. Kimberly Battle-Walters spent over sixteen months interviewing and listening to women at Sheila's Shop while researching this valuable ethnographic

Author Biography

Kimberly Battle-Walters is associate professor of social work at Azusa Pacific University.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(12)
Sheila's Shop
13(16)
The Realities of Being Black and Female
29(28)
African American Families and Communities
57(18)
Racial Matters
75(18)
Standing Strong
93(12)
Beyond Sheila's Shop: A New Discussion
105(10)
Appendix A: Interview Questions 115(2)
Appendix B: Demographics 117(4)
Appendix C: Methods 121(2)
Bibliography 123(8)
Index 131(4)
About the Author 135

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