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Author Lowe, Scott, 1950 October 27- author.

Title Hair / Scott Lowe.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource.
Series Object lessons
Summary "About how the manipulation of human hair holds fascinating symbolic meanings and provokes profound visceral impacts in all cultures of the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; CHAPTER 1â#x80;#x82;INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2â#x80;#x82;BIOLOGY; What is hair?; What purposes does hair serve?; Long hair, baseball, and the end of this world; Hair versus fur; Hair as difference; CHAPTER 3â#x80;#x82;REMOVAL; In the beginning; Shaving, covering, and the global hair trade; Islam now; Removal techniques; Hair, sexuality, and identity; Meanwhile in India . . .; Shaving, rebirth, and shame; Early Christianity; Escape from the planet of emotions, hair, and sex; CHAPTER 4â#x80;#x82;STYLING; â#x80;#x9C;Savageâ#x80;#x9D; hair; Christian womenâ#x80;#x99;s modesty; Good hair; Rastafari.
Subject Hair -- Social aspects.
Hairstyles -- Social aspects.
Hairdressing -- Social aspects.
Philosophy: aesthetics.
Cultural studies.
Literary theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
DESIGN -- Fashion.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
Hair -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00950381
Hairdressing -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00950422
Hairstyles -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00950434
Other Form: Print version: Lowe, Scott, 1950 October 27- Hair. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 9781628922868 (DLC) 2015043716
ISBN 9781628922219 (electronic book)
1628922214 (electronic book)
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