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"Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town.
Includes bibliographical references.
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2015
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| author | Richardson, Denisha |
| author2 | Pande, Amrita |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11081 "Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town. Richardson, Denisha Pande, Amrita Daitz, Emma Diversity Studies Includes bibliographical references. The purpose of this study is to explore how the social construction of head-hair impacts the lived experiences of a small group of 'Coloured' women living in Cape Town. In the first part, the dissertation argues that colonialism stigmatized the bodies of 'non-whites' as inferior; establishing racist, sexist, and classist perceptions of the human body in comparison to a 'white' imagery. The Apartheid regime in South Africa, in part, heightened these beliefs through social and structural means. All though not static, the influences of these racist ideologies remain prevalent in 21st century South African society and are prevailing in perceptions of hair. The thesis then reviews literature from a Euro-American context –concentrating on the 'black' American experience; to display the ways, in which straight and coarse hair textures are imbued with racist, sexist, and classist perceptions and meanings. 2015-01-03T05:26:28Z 2015-01-03T05:26:28Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11081 eng application/pdf Department of Sociology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Diversity Studies Richardson, Denisha "Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town. |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | "Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town. |
| title_full | "Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town. |
| title_fullStr | "Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town. |
| title_full_unstemmed | "Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town. |
| title_short | "Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town. |
| title_sort | getting to the roots a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst coloured women living in cape town |
| topic | Diversity Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11081 |
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