Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Political rhetoric is marked by a certain phatic communion that manifests via one's appearance.Within this political design, the centrality of hairstyle and hairdress makes way for semiotic analysis in self-presentation and in the treatment and determination of the statuses of other people.In the case of Black women in the Americas, exploring the hair-borne connectivities that dictate power dynamics is helpful in the understanding of both race and gender politics.More specifically, a chronicled presentation of Black hair as marker of status, role expectations, and role performance, appeals to scholars of political semiotics, both in local and global spaces.
Source: Sociology Compass
DOI: 10.1111/soc4.70051
Institution: Texas Christian University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4408739732