On View
Cultural Expressions Gallery
Exhibition
Cultural Expressions
Written by
Ferrell, Pamela, American, born 1959
Published by
Cornrows & Co., American, founded 1980
Edited by
Lattimore, Carmen
Photograph by
Andre Richardson Photography, American
Date
1993
Medium
ink on paper with glue
Dimensions
H x W x D (Closed): 11 1/16 × 8 9/16 × 3/8 in. (28.1 × 21.8 × 0.9 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 11 1/16 × 17 3/16 × 7/8 in. (28.1 × 43.6 × 2.3 cm)
Description
A first edition paperback of Where Beauty Touches Me: Natural Hair Care and Beauty Book by Pamela Ferrell with a forward written by Jacquelin Celeste Peters. The front cover is white with a tan-outlined, centrally featured, black-and-white photograph. The photograph depicts the heads and necks of five (5) women with different hairstyles. Four of the women are angled away from each corner of the image towards the center of the photograph and have their eyes closed. The fifth woman is depicted in the center of the photograph with her eyes open and staring directly at the viewer. The full title of the book is printed along the top third of the front cover in brown and tan text. Below the central image is more black and tan text that reads, [Featuring step-by-step braided and natural hair styles. / By Pam Ferrell of Cornrows & Co] followed by a trademark symbol. The back cover of the book is white with a tan outline. It features a small black-and-white image of the author in the top left corner followed by biographical information. Below the author’s information is a blurb summarizing the book’s purpose and contents. There is a white barcode sticker in the bottom right corner of the back cover. On the book spine is the title of the book and the publisher’s information in black type. The interior pages, one hundred and twenty-nine (129) in total, are white with black type with color photographs, black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
Place printed
United States, North and Central America
Classification
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Type
paperback books
Topic
Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
Hair
Identity
Resistance
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joanne Hyppolite
Object number
2016.37
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fb7971cc-ae4e-4192-aa84-231d4e0ac4c4

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