Emma Dabiri Bücher

»So klug, so lesenswert, so hilfreich.« Nick Hornby In ihrem so radikalen wie praktischen Essay fordert Emma Dabiri die nächsten notwenigen Schritte, die wir alle gemeinsam gehen müssen, um dauerhafte Veränderungen für eine gerechte Gesellschaft zu schaffen: Wir müssen anders über rassistische Ungerechtigkeit sprechen. Wir müssen die rassistischen Kategorien »Weiß« und »Schwarz« als ausbeuterisches Konstrukt des Kapitalismus erkennen und bezwingen. Wir müssen uns gänzlich von repressiven rassistischen und klassistischen Denksystemen lösen. Wir müssen für gemeinsame Ziele, für alle Menschen einstehen. Das Buch der Stunde, um uns, abseits von Cancel Culture und folgenlos bleibenden Social-Media-Diskursen, für grundlegende gesellschaftliche Veränderungen bereit zu machen. »Das Wichtigste: Dieses Buch ist für alle.« Irish Times »Wenn wir jemals eine ruhige Hand am Ruder dieser Unterhaltung gebraucht haben, dann ist es jetzt. Emma Dabiri … ist die richtige Person dafür ... prägnant, trittsicher und absolut.« Irish Independent »Eine bahnbrechende Abrechnung mit dem Social-Media-Diskurs und eine historisch fundierte Analyse von Antirassismus, Kollektivismus, Neoliberalismus und Postkolonialismus.« Vogue (UK)

From Guardian contributor BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri comes an essay collection exploring the ways in which black hair has been appropriated and stigmatized throughout history, with ruminations on body politics, race, pop culture, and Dabiri’s own journey to loving her hair.Emma Dabiri can tell you the first time she chemically straightened her hair. She can describe the smell, the atmosphere of the salon, and her mix of emotions when she saw her normally kinky tresses fall down her shoulders. For as long as Emma can remember, her hair has been a source of insecurity, shame, and—from strangers and family alike—discrimination. And she is not alone.Despite increasingly liberal world views, black hair continues to be erased, appropriated, and stigmatized to the point of taboo. Through her personal and historical journey, Dabiri gleans insights into the way racism is coded in society’s perception of black hair—and how it is often used as an avenue for discrimination. Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, and into today's Natural Hair Movement, exploring everything from women's solidarity and friendship, to the criminalization of dreadlocks, to the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids.Through the lens of hair texture, Dabiri leads us on a historical and cultural investigation of the global history of racism—and her own personal journey of self-love and finally, acceptance.

An unmissable essay from Emma Dabiri, Sunday Times bestselling author of Don't Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next'A must-read ... Dabiri writes with empowering enthusiasm on alternatives to the way we look at beauty, and encourages us to rebel against current beauty standards' Psychologies'Powerful' The i, Best New Books to Read in October 2023For too long, beauty has been entangled in the forces of patriarchy and objectification, shame, control, competition and consumerism. We need to find a way to do beauty differently.This radical, deeply personal and empowering essay points to ways we can all embrace our unruly beauty and enjoy our magnificent, disobedient bodies.It accompanies The Cult of Beauty , a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection, opening in October 2023.