Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 11-14-2017 Producing "Fabulous": Commodification and Ethnicity in Hair Braiding Salons Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Greensword Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. PRODUCING “FABULOUS”: COMMODIFICATION AND ETHNICITY IN HAIR BRAIDING SALONS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Geography and Anthropology by Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Greensword M.A.L.A., Louisiana State University, 2006 B.A., Louisiana State University, 2004 December 2017 To Marlon Alberetos, whose glory I will always be.