Doing Business With Beauty

Black Women, Hair Salons, and the Racial Enclave Economy

By:

Adia Harvey Wingfield

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Perspectives on a Multiracial America

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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. Using in-depth interviews with hair salon owners, Doing Business with Beauty explores several facets of the business of owning a hair salon, including the process of becoming an owner, the dynamics of the owner-employee relationship, and the factors that steer black women to work in the hair industry. Through Harvey Wingfield's research we can understand the black female business owner's struggle for autonomy and her success in entrepreneurship.

Author Biography:

Adia Harvey Wingfield is assistant professor of sociology at Georgia State University.

Release date Australia

July 15th, 2009

Author

Adia Harvey Wingfield

Series

Perspectives on a Multiracial America

Pages

176

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

156x232x13

ISBN-13

9780742561175

Product ID

7577509

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