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1 online resource. |
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Object lessons
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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. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Note |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
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. |
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Hair -- Social aspects.
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Hairstyles -- Social aspects.
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Hairdressing -- Social aspects.
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Philosophy: aesthetics.
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Cultural studies.
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Literary theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
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DESIGN -- Fashion.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
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Hair -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00950381
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Hairdressing -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00950422
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Hairstyles -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00950434
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Other Form: |
Print version: Lowe, Scott, 1950 October 27- Hair. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 9781628922868 (DLC) 2015043716 |
ISBN |
9781628922219 (electronic book) |
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1628922214 (electronic book) |
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