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Wash day : passing the legacy, rituals, and love of natural hair to the next generation

Title
  1. Wash day : passing the legacy, rituals, and love of natural hair to the next generation / written and photographed by Tomesha Faxio.
Published by
  1. New York : Clarkson Potter / Publishers, [2024]
  2. ©2024
Author
  1. Faxio, Tomesha

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Description
  1. 255 pages : color illustrations; 20 x 24 cm
Summary
  1. "A visual celebration of natural Black hair that highlights the powerful connection between mothers and daughters during their wash day rituals." --
Alternative title
  1. Passing the legacy, rituals, and love of natural hair to the next generation
Subject
  1. Mothers and daughters
  2. Grooming for girls
  3. Hair -- Care and hygiene
  4. Hair -- Care and hygiene -- Social aspects
  5. African American women -- Pictorial works
  6. African American women -- Anecdotes
  7. Hairdressing of Black people -- Social aspects
  8. Hairdressing of African Americans -- Social aspects
  9. Hairdressing of Black people -- Pictorial works
  10. Hairdressing of African Americans -- Pictorial works
  11. Hair
  12. Secondary sex characteristics
  13. Mothers and daughters
  14. Grooming for girls
  15. Hair -- Care and hygiene
  16. Hair
  17. Social aspects
  18. African American women
  19. Hairdressing of Black people
  20. Hairdressing of African Americans
  21. United States
  22. Black author
Genre/Form
  1. Illustrated works.
  2. Anecdotes.
  3. Pictorial works.
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Wash-Day Stories -- Notes.
Call number
  1. Sc D 25-249
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Author
  1. Faxio, Tomesha, author, photographer.
Title
  1. Wash day : passing the legacy, rituals, and love of natural hair to the next generation / written and photographed by Tomesha Faxio.
Publisher
  1. New York : Clarkson Potter / Publishers, [2024]
Copyright date
  1. ©2024
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references
Local subject
  1. Black author.
ISBN
  1. 0593579712 (hardcover)
  2. 9780593579718 (hardcover)
Research call number
  1. Sc D 25-249
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