Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. (new to paperback).

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana D. Byrd & Lori L. Tharps St. Martin's Press, January 2002, $12.95 ISBN 0-312-28322-9

Hair has always been a major issue in establishing black women's identities. Ayana Byrd and Lori Tharps examine how something as insignificant as a hairstyle largely defines black women's place in society.