The books that made me wonder

Reading my five different sources that is related to my ethnography on Frenchie's Hair Fabulous Hair Salon kept me off my feet. The books I read varied from Salon Marketing, Beauty culture, How to find the Stylist thats good for you, the history of black hair, and what hair means. The Style and Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women 1920-1975 was talking about beauty and how it has its own culture. The book stated how the phrase " beauty culture" refers to the tool, methods, and business practices of altering and caring for womens appearance. The book also stated said we should look at beauty culture as a respectable business and occupation that is easy, fun, and creative compared to doing domestic work that usually most women did back in the 1900's. the book made me questiion the mission Frenchie's Hair salon wants to achieve and why beauty is important to her and the customers that goes there. The next book that I read was Fun, Creative, and Profitable: Salon Marketing. In this book it gave people pointers on how to run a good, successful business. The main focus was on barbershops and hair salons. It gave pointers such as to persuade people to come to the shop, find a target audience, how to differentiate your salon, how its important to promote and build relationships with people that wants your services. I felt this was very interesting. I never knew you had to figure so much out in order to own a salon. I wonder what made Frenchie pick that location, why did she choose that certain audience, why did she choose to price her service so high, and why its not an African American Beauty Salon. The next book Andre talks hair by Andre Walker it really didnt give me a whole lot of insight on the hair business, but it tells you what to do with your hair and how to find the stylist for you. I learned there are four types of hair. The four types of hair is straight, wavy, curly, and kinky. The book shared how to manage your hair and to love it. The book stated that " Everyone has good hair. You just have to know how to take care of your type of hair. Appreciate the type of hair you have and work with it." Women today believes there is one type of hair that is good and believe it or not all hair is good and beaustiful you just need to know how to flaunt it. I would like ask Frenchie and her staff how they get people to come to them. Milady's Black Cosmetology by thomas hayden and James Williams took me to the history of black hair. The practice of black cosmetology dates to ancient times. Black Cosmetology started with women who wanted to change black hair, Annie M. Turnbo Malone and Madame C.J. Walker. These women changed and created how black people hair should look. Black peoples hair went from being natural to relaxed, back to natural (the afro), braids, and color. Its amazing how society can influence the way your hair looks. I wonder how people usually want there hair and why. Vogue Beauty was my favorite it talked about how hair defines you and how hair is an statement. It also said everybody should have a relationship with your stylist. In Frenchies salon I know they develope plenty of relationships, but how close are they with there clients. This resource assingment made really wonder and want to focus on finding that one special thing about that salon.

Dance Ethnography: The passion for dance

Being a dancer I appreciate a lot of dance cultures. Each culture has something unique about it like their artifacts, their behavior, and more importantly their movement. Every dance culture has a different dance background and a story to tell that would inspire the world. That is why there are ethnographers for dance. Relating ethnography to dance helps answer questions on why people dance and what the dance might mean to them. Just watching people dance really doesn't have an effect on someone. When you actually know their pain, struggle, happiness, and success you'll find out the true meaning of that dance. Reading "Dance In the Field" help me realize how important it is to really study movement and the dancer's behavior. Chapter seven Capturing the Dancing: Why and How? really interested me because you have to take a dance step by step and tear it up into pieces and look at why they are doing a certain move. Ethnographer's try to capture the special moments in dance. Those special moments of the dance is what matters. Buckland really inspired me to study dance in a different way. I recommend everyone to read her ethnography.

A Thing They Hold Dear

Frenchies hair salon has a lot of things that are symbolic to them, but the ones they hold dear to them means a lot. When you first go to this site you will see the first symbol that I believe means a lot to the owner only and not the customers or the employees. The sign means a lot to the owner because it shows all the accomplishments Frenchie achieved. Frenchie went to beauty school and became the best of the best. Frenchie also went through the steps of becoming the owner of her own shop. I know if I was her I would be very proud of myself. Just to see that sign up every day shows the hard work and determination she went through.

When you get your hair done all the stylist use a shampoo or hair oil that is called Design Essentials. Design essentials is one of their number one use products. This product helps the customers get healthy and grow. This product is truly a blessing to the company because the hair products satisfies the customers and it keeps the customers coming back. Having customer satifaction is what means most to Frenchies & Company hair salon.

The third and fourth meaningful symbol to the salon would be the perm and the flat iron. Many stylist styles thier consultants hair when its straight. Straight hair is very easy to maintain when it is straight. You can style it and play with the hair better. The perm is the answer to many African American Women because it helps them keep up with the latest trend and it keeps their hair straight for a long time. Perms to my understanding makes up the salon because it provides so much.

If it wanst for this symbol all the stylist or Frenchie wouldnt be at the shop. This symbol is their cosmetology certificate. This certificate gave these stylist the right to go out in the professional world and do other people's hair. without this certificate people would not trust them with their hair. At Frenchie's shop you are dealing with the best of the best who knows what they are doing. They frame and put their certificate's by thier station to let people know they mean business. That is what they shop is all about, working with professionals who gets the job done right and makes sure your are happy!!