In the period 1450 to 1650 in Europe, hair was braided, curled,
shaped, cut, colored, covered, decorated, supplemented, removed,
and reused in magic, courtship, and art, amongst other things. On
the body, Renaissance men and women often considered hair a
signifier of order and civility. Hair style and the head coverings
worn by many throughout the period marked not only the wearer's
engagement with fashion, but also moral, religious, social, and
political beliefs. Hair established individuals' positions in the
period's social hierarchy and signified class, gender, and racial
identities, as well as distinctions of age and marital and
professional status. Such a meaningful part of the body, however,
could also be disorderly, when it grew where it wasn't supposed to
or transgressed the body's boundaries by being wild, uncovered,
unpinned, or uncut. A natural material with cultural import, hair
weaves together the Renaissance histories of fashion, politics,
religion, gender, science, medicine, art, literature, and material
culture. A necessarily interdisciplinary study, A Cultural History
of Hair in the Renaissance explores the multiple meanings of hair,
as well as the ideas and practices it inspired. Separate chapters
contemplate Religion and Ritualized Belief, Self and Society,
Fashion and Adornment, Production and Practice, Health and Hygiene,
Sexuality and Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Class and Social Status,
and Cultural Representations.
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