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Hairstyles
definition:-
a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure. Also,hair'style". According to me:- Hairstyle gives a new look to our personality and it increases confidence too.
what's hairdressing?
Hairstyles
along history: social and cultural significance
It's been a signifier of:
GENERAL OVERVIEW
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>Necessity
to cut or confine the hair to keep it out of the way
>—Personal adornment —>Status and Age - Primitive men: fastened bones, feathers and other objects. —>Why ? Impress and Frighten Enemy - Noble Rank: long hair. - Noble Rank after the conquest: short hair -Boys in ancient Greece cut their hair -Hindu boys shaved their heads when they reached adolescence • Religious Significance - the shaved heads of Christian and Buddhist monks: renunciation of the world; - England in the 17th century: cropped hair and long curling locks • Last changes in hairstyles
• Influence of fashion
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Changes through the years
- Class -Today: women and men in all classes can choose the style and colour of their own hair, or of a wig
Afro textured hair
Afro-textured hair is a term
used to refer to the natural hair texture of certain populations
in Africa, the African diaspora, Australia,
and Asia, when this hair has not been altered by hot combs, flat
irons, or chemicals (through perming, relaxation,
or straightening). Each strand of this hair type grows in a tiny,
spring-like helix shape. The overall effect is such that, despite
relatively fewer hair shafts compared to straight, wavy or curly hair,afro-textured
hair appears and feels denser.
Politics of Black hair
It became a fundamental tool of the
Black movement in America, and “hair came to symbolize either a continued move
toward integration in the American political system or a growing cry for Black
power and nationalism.”Prior to this, the idealized Black person (especially
Black women) “had many Eurocentric features, including hairstyles.” However, during the movement, the
Black community endeavoured to
define their own ideals and beauty standards and hair became a central icon
which was “promoted as a way of challenging mainstream standards regarding
hair.” During this time, black hair “was at its height of politicization,”and
wearing an Afro was an easily distinguishable physical expression of black
pride and the rejection of societal norms. Jesse Jackson, a political
activist and well-known cultural icon, says that “the way [he] wore [his] hair
was an expression of the rebellion of the time”.
Modern perception and controversies
During August 2007, American
Lawyer Magazine reported that an unnamed junior Glamour
Magazine staffer did a presentation on the "Do's and Don'ts of
Corporate Fashion" forCleary
Gottlieb, a New York City law firm. Her slide show included her negative
comments about black women wearing natural hairstyles in the workplace, calling
them "shocking," "inappropriate," and
"political." Both the law firm and Glamour Magazine issued
apologies to the staff.
In 2009, Chris Rock
produced Good Hair, a film which addresses a number of issues pertaining
to African-American hair. He explores the styling industry, the variety of
styles now acceptable in society for African-American women's hair, and the
relations of these to African-American culture.
The Kenya model Ajuma Nasenyana has
criticized a trend in her native Kenya that rejects the indigenous Black
African physical standards of beauty in favour of
those of other communities.
What does this show us?
•Different people throughout the world
have different ideas of what beauty is
•One is not necessarily better than the
other
•Your hairstyle is not the only way to
look great
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Sunday 23 August 2015
African Hairstyles
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