Doing Business with Beauty: Black Women, Hair Salons, and the Racial Enclave Economy

Black women comprise one of the fastest-growing groups of business owners in the United States. In Doing Business with Beauty, sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield examines this often-overlooked group and one of the most popular businesses run by these entrepreneurs: hair salons. This book provides a new model for understanding black women's entrepreneurship, and examines the broader systemic factors that shape their business activity.

With commentary and a slide show by Dianne "Dinah" Johnson, author of Hair Dance

Hair Dance! Written by Dinah Johnson Photographs by Kelley Johnson

Hair comes in all colors, textures, and styles. Whether it is worn long or short, in braids or cornrows, or left natural in an Afro, hair plays a big part in who we are and how we feel about ourselves.

In this inspiring book, Kelly Johnson’s stunning photographs of girls wearing a range of hairstyles and the lyrical words of Dinah Johnson’s poem celebrate African American hair in all its radiant variety.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
7:00 pm
Law School Auditorium

Book signing immediately following lecture.

Sponsored by College of Arts & Sciences, Women’s & Gender Studies, and African American Studies

This event is free and open to the public.