Kimberly Moffitt’s book, Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair and Body Politics in Africana Communities, has received the outstanding book award from the National Communication Association’s African American Communication and Culture Division.
Moffitt, an assistant professor of American studies, co-edited the volume with Regina Spellers. The book examines the way that hair and bodies shape perception of African Americans through a variety of interdisciplinary lenses, including poems, creative writing and scholarly essays.
More information about the book can be found here.
