Lori Tharps
Auteur de Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America
A propos de l'auteur
Lori L. Tharps is an associate professor of journalism at Temple University and the coauthor of Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America and Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love Spain. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Essence magazine. She lives in afficher plus Philadelphia with her family. afficher moins
Crédit image: Simon & Schuster
Œuvres de Lori Tharps
Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families (2016) 53 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine (2006) — Contributeur — 688 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Tharps, Lori L.
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Wisconsin, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Salamanca, Spain
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Morocco - Études
- Smith College (BA|Comparative Education and Spanish)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism - Professions
- author
journalist professor
freelance writer
Membres
Critiques
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in… par Ayana Byrd
Sometimes a gem of a book comes along with an unassuming title... This is one such book. It's an absolutely awesome book, great historical value, I learned a ton, well-written - HIGHLY RECOMMEND! excellent narrator too.
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.(For Early Reviewers)
Tharpe's book focuses on the sensitive issue of intraracial skin color. Families talk frankly and honestly about their skin color and how if affected their personal and professional relationships. Still a sensitive issue today and in the future. Tharpe's book at least begins the conversation.
Tharpe's book focuses on the sensitive issue of intraracial skin color. Families talk frankly and honestly about their skin color and how if affected their personal and professional relationships. Still a sensitive issue today and in the future. Tharpe's book at least begins the conversation.
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.Well written book about colorism within interracial families and how it affects each member. I hadn't ever really considered this subtle racism before.
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.I couldn't finish reading it. While I am a Caucasian I am very much interested in diversity and inclusion, which is why I wanted to read this book. The concept of colorism adds an interesting dynamic to an already complicated topic. However, this reader was quickly put off and I could never connect with the author. Her writing ability is excellent and I appreciate the skill she demonstrates, but she fails to deliver the message I was expecting. Additionally, while the stories were excellently conveyed and heart wrenching, they were all from the point of view of the subject. I would have appreciated something more than the person's belief that the reason they were slighted was because of their skin tone. I concluded that the author was just as biased as those she was criticizing. Perhaps I would have gotten more from it had I finished the book, but the author simply failed the engage this reader.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 372
- Popularité
- #64,810
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 33
- ISBN
- 15
