Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. African Canadian Newspapers and Early Black Beauty Culture, 1914–1945 35
5. From Ebony’s “Brownskin” to “Black is Beautiful” in the News Observer, 1946–1969 69
6. Black Beauty Culture in the Pages of Contrast and Share: Local Beauty Salons, Department Stores, and Drugstores in the 1970s and 1980s 121
7. Global Conglomerates Take Over Black Beauty Culture: The Ethnically Ambiguous, “Multicultural” 1990S and 2000S 165
8. The Politics of Black Hair in the Twenty-First Century 197
9. Conclusion 243
10. Notes 261
11. Selected Bibliography 291
12. Index 305