A cultural history of hair.

How have our attitudes to hair changed over time? In what ways have new technologies influenced hair-related practices and beliefs? Is hair just about fashion or does it express social, spiritual, and cultural meanings? In a work that spans nearly 3,000 years these ambitious questions are addressed...

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Other Authors:	Harlow, Mary, 1956- (Editor), Milliken, Roberta, 1963- (Editor), Snook, Edith (Editor), Powell, Margaret K. (Margaret Ketchum), 1947- (Editor), Roach, Joseph R., 1947- (Editor), Heaton, Sarah (Editor), Biddle-Perry, Geraldine (Editor)
Other title:	Cultural history of hair in antiquity. Cultural history of hair in the Middle Ages. Cultural history of hair in the Renaissance. Cultural history of hair in the Age of Enlightenment. Cultural history of hair in the Age of Empire. Cultural history of hair in the Modern Age.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Subjects:	Hairstyles > History. Hair > Social aspects. History.