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Overview“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.” Times Literary Supplement 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Sarah Heaton (University of Chester, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN: 9781350285880ISBN 10: 1350285889 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 25 August 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Introduction: Empires of Hair and their Afterlives, Sarah Heaton 1. Religion and Ritualized Belief, Richard Leahy 2. Self and Society, Jonathon Shears 3. Fashion and Adornment, Patricia Hunt-Hurst 4. Production and Practice, Sallie McNamara 5. Health and Hygiene, Janice M. Allan 6. Gender and Sexuality, Sarah Heaton 7. Race and Ethnicity, Elizabeth Way 8. Class and Social Status, Elizabeth Carolyn Miller 9. Cultural Representations, Sally West Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors IndexReviewsA thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair ... There is plenty to inform and intrigue. --Times Literary Supplement Author InformationSarah Heaton is Head of English at the University of Chester, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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