"I'm Sorry My Hair is Blocking Your Smile": A Performative Assemblage and Intercultural Dialogue on the Politics of Hair and Place. Issue 4 (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alexander, Bryant Keith; Stephenson-Celadilla, Ayshia Elizabeth; Alhayek, Katty; Twishime, Porntip Israsena; Sutton, Timothy; Ojeda, Carmen Hernández; Moreira, Claudio
• Is Part Of: International review of qualitative research. Volume 12:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 339
• Page End: 362
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: politics of hair -- embodied writing -- assemblage -- autoethnography -- performative intercultural engagement; Qualitative research -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; Social justice -- Periodicals; Qualitative research; Social justice; Social sciences -- Research; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 001.42
• DOI: 10.1525/irqr.2019.12.4.339
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-8447

Abstract

This performative essay is an instance of embodied writing, an assemblage by seven individuals responding to a shared moment from different perspectives on the politics of hair. In the process we engage the sociological imagination as we turn private troubles into public issues, or better yet, we collectively show how public issues are our private troubles.