COST-2606EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dreadlocks, Hair Straightening, Rastafari
13 Mar 2018
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Their hair can take such a long time to do, women become enslaved and obsessed with it. Hair is a very important identifying feature for black women: hair represents your attitude, ex. ) If (cid:455)ou pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e a(cid:374)other religio(cid:374) (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to pro(cid:373)ote other religio(cid:374)s. Film industry: look for black women with long, straight hair (rarely natural hair) No gain: long hair is better than short hair, straight hair is better than natural hair. Hot comb: tool used (cid:271)efore (cid:858)hair rela(cid:454)ers(cid:859, metal comb put on oven, then brushed through hair, could take hours to straighten hair with this. Weave: hair style, braid entire head systematically (horizontal braids, sew fake hair onto braids. Rastafarian vow: couture diet, do(cid:374)(cid:859)t eat thi(cid:374)gs (cid:449)ith a pit, ex. ) Peaches: do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)ut their hair, gro(cid:449) out dreadlo(cid:272)ks as a s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ol of their religio(cid:374, negative connotation with dreadlocks because of affiliations with marijuana.
