Trisha R. Thomas, author of the Nappily Series, will speak about her work on Tuesday, November 5, 7-8pm in Hall of Letters #100.
A screening of the recently released Nappily Ever After, the romcom based on Thomas's novel, will take place on Monday, November 4, 7-8pm in Hall of Letters #100.
Two nights of romantic comedy! (Move over Hallmark Channel.)
Thomas combines romantic comedy with the empowerment of a Black woman claiming her beauty in a culture that has centered Western European (eurocentric) beauty ideals. When first published Nappily Ever After caused controversy for the use of the term nappy: "I remember when Nappy Hair came out and the controversy and the anger that was felt, and it was frightening."
For your interest, books from our collection on Black beauty in the context of the United States:
Shange, Ntozake. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, When the Rainbow Is Enuf : a Choreopoem . New York: MacMillan, 1977.
Craig, Maxine Leeds. Ain’t I a Beauty Queen? : Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race. Oxford ;: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Banks, Ingrid. Hair Matters : Beauty, Power, and Black Women’s Consciousness . New York: New York University Press, 2000.
Hobson, Janell. Venus in the Dark : Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture. New York: Routledge, 2005.
