Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: In the Kitchen

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Gates is writing not only personally here, but also as a cultural historian. How does his focus on hair help you to understand African Americans at a particular time and place?

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Gates’s style ranges from fairly formal to highly colloquial. Provide examples of these various levels of diction, and show how they work together to create a particular effect.

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In what ways is hair style a marker among your peer group, and how does it distinguish people of other peer groups? Why is hair linked so closely to style?

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