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A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity (Paperback)
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A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity (Paperback)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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"A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair."
Times Literary Supplement Hair, or lack of it, is one the most
significant identifiers of individuals in any society. In
Antiquity, the power of hair to send a series of social messages
was no different. This volume covers nearly a thousand years of
history, from Archaic Greece to the end of the Roman Empire,
concentrating on what is now Europe, North Africa, and the Near
East. Among the key issues identified by its authors is the
recognition that in any given society male and female hair tend to
be opposites (when male hair is generally short, women's is long);
that hair is a marker of age and stage of life (children and young
people have longer, less confined hairstyles; adult hair is far
more controlled); hair can be used to identify the 'other' in terms
of race and ethnicity but also those who stand outside social norms
such as witches and mad women. The chapters in A Cultural History
of Hair in Antiquity cover the following topics: religion and
ritualized belief, self and society, fashion and adornment,
production and practice, health and hygiene, gender and sexuality,
race and ethnicity, class and social status, and cultural
representations.
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