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Cuttin' Up: Wit and Wisdom From Black Barber Shops

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Cuttin' Up: Wit and Wisdom From Black Barber Shops

In Crowns and The Spirit of Harlem, journalist Craig Marberry took oral history to a new level. Here, in Cuttinâ€™ Up, he presents more pitch-perfect portraits so good youâ€™ll feel like youâ€™re eavesdropping. Cuttinâ€™ Up celebrates the laid-back fellowship of men in a barber shop, the place, as Marberry writes, â€œwhere we go to be among ourselves, to be ourselves, to unmask.â€

Crisscrossing the country from Detroit to Orlando, Brooklyn to Houston, Marberry listened in on conversations that covered everything from reminiscences about the first haircut---a sometimes comic rite of passage---to spirited exchanges about women, to serious lessons in black history and current events. His collection of the wit and wisdom of patrons and barbers---including the small but scrappy subset of women barbers and the father of a very famous celebrity---brings together an irresistible and often touching chorus of voices.

Marberry has created a book that sings with the handsome beauty of the oral tradition that is the cornerstone of the black barber shop experience.

A portion of the proceeds from this book support the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health at Wake Forest University.
Country USA
Brand Doubleday
Manufacturer Doubleday
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2005-05-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385511643

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