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- Title
"Nothing Else Mattered After That Wig Came Off": Black Women, Unstyled Hair, and Scenes of Interiority.
- Authors
Rowe, Kristin Denise
- Abstract
The article focuses on on-screen representation of Black women removing hair extensions or wigs and how it represents intimacy of the inner lives of Black women. It mentions the intimate nature of unstyled hair with black women and talks about the social media and news article response to the on-screen wig removal in the drama "How to Get Away With Murder" by the American Broadcasting Co. It discusses Black womanhood and hair in the film "Beyond the Lights" and the cable drama "Being Mary Jane."
- Subjects
BLACK women; HAIR extensions; WIGS; BLACK women in motion pictures; BLACK women in television broadcasting; HOW to Get Away With Murder (TV program); BEYOND the Lights (Film); BEING Mary Jane (TV program)
- Publication
Journal of American Culture, 2019, Vol 42, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
1542-7331
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jacc.12971