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A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity (Hardcover)
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A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity (Hardcover)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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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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