My Grandma Has Black Hair
My Grandma Has Black Hair

Author: Mary Hoffman

Publisher: Dial Books

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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A child talks about her grandmother, who is definitely not like the grannies in storybooks.

The Psychology of Grandparenthood
The Psychology of Grandparenthood

Author: Peter K. Smith

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1351403877

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The majority of people will now spend about one-third of their lives as grandparents, yet developmental psychologists have largely ignored the nature of the grandparental role, and the influence which grandparents can have on grandchildren. Originally published in 1991, this book redresses the balance and uses life-span evolutionary and psychodynamic theoretical frameworks to provide a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of grandparenthood from cross-cultural perspectives. Much recent work in developmental psychology has disregarded the extended family in favour of the two-generational nuclear family of parents and children. But grandparents do have a significant role in family relationships and children’s development. This volume contains detailed discussion of intergenerational transmission of parenting skills, cooperation and conflict in three-generational families and the ways in which grandparents and grandchildren perceive one another. The importance of considering social and cultural contexts of development applies to grandparents just as much as to other areas of human development. Kinds of family structure, social policies regarding employment, health and housing, attitudes to marriage and even particular historical events all have an impact on the position and role of grandparents and on stereotypes of old age. These factors vary considerably from country to country. Our understanding of grandparenthood can only be enriched by learning about the variety of ways in which it is expressed in different cultural settings. Most previous research has been confined to the USA. This book is truly international containing contributions from Britain, Canada, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, West Germany and the USA. International comparisons enable us to see which elements are essential to grandparenthood and which are culture dependant. In most Western countries the population is ageing and this sort of study is becoming vitally important. The Psychology of Grandparenthood is required reading for anybody who is professionally involved with the elderly and for psychologists interested in development, the life-span and family systems.

Eclectic Hair with Granny and Me
Eclectic Hair with Granny and Me

Author: Dr. Gillian Richards-Greaves

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1664160949

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Eclectic Hair with Granny and Me highlights the beauty and diversity of Black hair. It encourages the reader to explore the history, culture, and function of Black hair in society. For each hairstyle, there is a discussion of how it is made, its function, its possible African origin, Granny Mary’s and Penny’s experiences with it, and famous people who wore it. Ultimately, this book encourages the Black child to feel pride in having eclectic hair. After completing this book, the reader will accomplish three main goals: 1. Learn about the history, diversity, and functions of Black hair and hairstyles. 2. Understand how Black culture is inscribed in, on, and through Black hair and hairstyles. 3. Show respect for the diversity and uniqueness of Black hair.

Twisted
Twisted

Author: Emma Dabiri

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-06-23

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0062966731

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A Kirkus Best Book of the Year Stamped from the Beginning meets You Can't Touch My Hair in this timely and resonant essay collection from Guardian contributor and prominent BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri, exploring the ways in which black hair has been appropriated and stigmatized throughout history, with ruminations on body politics, race, pop culture, and Dabiri’s own journey to loving her hair. Emma Dabiri can tell you the first time she chemically straightened her hair. She can describe the smell, the atmosphere of the salon, and her mix of emotions when she saw her normally kinky tresses fall down her shoulders. For as long as Emma can remember, her hair has been a source of insecurity, shame, and—from strangers and family alike—discrimination. And she is not alone. Despite increasingly liberal world views, black hair continues to be erased, appropriated, and stigmatized to the point of taboo. Through her personal and historical journey, Dabiri gleans insights into the way racism is coded in society’s perception of black hair—and how it is often used as an avenue for discrimination. Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, and into today's Natural Hair Movement, exploring everything from women's solidarity and friendship, to the criminalization of dreadlocks, to the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids. Through the lens of hair texture, Dabiri leads us on a historical and cultural investigation of the global history of racism—and her own personal journey of self-love and finally, acceptance. Deeply researched and powerfully resonant, Twisted proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation.

Grandma Says Our Hair Has Flair
Grandma Says Our Hair Has Flair

Author: Sandy Lynne Holman

Publisher: Culture Co-Op

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780964465541

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A child learns appreciation for her heritage in African American hairstyles.

Ramblings
Ramblings

Author: Edith Watson

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2022-02-03

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1645443116

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This book is authored by the late Edith Watson, whose husband facilitated its publication. The first part is autobiographical and describes her childhood and how it shaped her life. The second part explores the life journeys of herself and her lifelong friend, from that initial agonized and prayerful teenage search for divine guidance to the disparate course that defined each of their lives. It is not judgmental and is full of accurate and truthful detail. One is left knowing these two women having shared their most secret thoughts and life experiences.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives (Complete)
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives (Complete)

Author: United States Work Projects Administration

Publisher: Library of Alexandria

Published: 2020-09-28

Total Pages: 2646

ISBN-13: 1465612041

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"I was born in Chickashaw County, Mississippi. Ely Abbott and Maggie Abbott was our owners. They had three girls and two boys—Eddie and Johnny. We played together till I was grown. I loved em like if they was brothers. Papa and Mos Ely went to war together in a two-horse top buggy. They both come back when they got through. "There was eight of us children and none was sold, none give way. My parents name Peter and Mahaley Abbott. My father never was sold but my mother was sold into this Abbott family for a house girl. She cooked and washed and ironed. No'm, she wasn't a wet nurse, but she tended to Eddie and Johnny and me all alike. She whoop them when they needed, and Miss Maggie whoop me. That the way we grow'd up. Mos Ely was 'ceptionly good I recken. No'm, I never heard of him drinkin' whiskey. They made cider and 'simmon beer every year. "Grandpa was a soldier in the war. He fought in a battle. I don't know the battle. He wasn't hurt. He come home and told us how awful it was. "My parents stayed on at Mos Ely's and my uncle's family stayed on. He give my uncle a home and twenty acres of ground and my parents same mount to run a gin. I drove two mules, my brother drove two and we drove two more between us and run the gin. My auntie seen somebody go in the gin one night but didn't think bout them settin' it on fire. They had a torch, I recken, in there. All I knowed, it burned up and Mos Ely had to take our land back and sell it to pay for four or five hundred bales of cotton got burned up that time. We stayed on and sharecropped with him. We lived between Egypt and Okolona, Mississippi. Aberdeen was our tradin' point.