From My Mothers House of Beauty |
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| Author:
| Henry, Susan Stephanie |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60801-014-1 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of New Orleans Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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From her childhood in Englishtown on the Caribbean coast of Honduras to her life in the Seventh Ward, Henry writes of transitions and shifting identities. Susan investigates her many worlds: family homes, beauty salons, public schools and fashion runways. Part memoir, part ethnography, House of Beauty explores what it means to be a black Honduran woman living in New Orleans.
From her childhood in Englishtown on the Caribbean coast of Honduras to her life in the Seventh Ward, Henry writes of transitions and shifting identities. Susan investigates her many worlds: family homes, beauty salons, public schools and fashion runways. Part memoir, part ethnography, House of Beauty explores what it means to be a black Honduran woman living in New Orleans.