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Lanita Jacobs-Huey, From the kitchen to the parlor: Language and becoming in African American women's hair care. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. 2006. Pp. 194. Pb $24.95

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2008

Michele Foster
Michele Foster
Affiliation:
Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA, michelefoster@sbcglobal.net
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Language in Society , Volume 37 , Issue 5 , November 2008 , pp. 745 - 749
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