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

Doing Business with Beauty: Black Women, Hair Salons, and the Racial Enclave Economy
ISBN-10
0742561178
ISBN-13
9780742561175
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
180
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Adia Harvey Wingfield

Description

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. Harvey Wingfield examines the black female business owner's struggle for autonomy and success in entrepreneurship.

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