Hair is a feature that can be read immediately; it is ascribed
meaning. Enter the afros that emerged during the Black Power
movement (BPM) of the 1960s and '70s, which proclaimed hair as both
important and political. By challenging traditional ideals of
beauty that devalued natural black features--long, silky,
preferably blond hair--afros became part of the larger politics of
the BPM in its aims to promote transvaluation. Transvaluation is
the mental transition from subordination to self-definition. Thus,
with its cultural and historical implications, the politics of
afros reflected the BPM's transvaluative goals. However, where
"nappy" hair once denoted a transformed, self-defining mentality,
it morphed several times to denote simply a trendy hairstyle,
devoid of transvaluative import. Black female writers of the era
address these hair politics in their work. Alongside historical
implications and points of consideration, this book examines the
poetry of several BPM-era female writers, whose works reveal not
only the transvaluative messages of "nappy" hair, but also the
contradictions that resulted from a politics that ultimately
disavowed a white beauty ideal for a black one.
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