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A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)
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A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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19th and early 20th-century hair appears to be everywhere when you
start to look, from the abundant locks of the pre-Raphaelites to
the myriad objects on show at the Great Exhibitions. The latter,
hosted at venues such as the Crystal Palace, hinted at the level of
global trade in hair economies, from hair harvest, hairpieces, and
hairwork to commodities for styling and adornment. It was a period
when hair became fetishized in all sorts of ways, from fashioning
hair to moralising constriction, from suggestions of sexuality in
abundant free-flowing locks, to intricate hair-incorporating
jewellery which offered spiritual connections to the dead. In a
period of increasing globalization and associated anxieties, hair
came to express identity not just for the individual but for
different cultures. Perhaps inevitably, hair itself became a
contested site of signification whether as the strands of the
diaspora, the cut locks of the underclass, or the coiffures of the
court. A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire presents an
overview of the tangled tresses of hair in this period, with essays
covering: 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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