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Coiffures : hair in nineteenth-century French literature and culture / Carol Rifelj.

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Balzac claimed that toilettes were the expression of society. Coiffures describes the historical and cultural practices associated with women's hairstyles, hair care, and hair art in nineteenth-century France. Hair also has profound symbolic significance. Lying on the border between life and de...

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Main Author: Rifelj, Carol de Dobay, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2010.
Subjects:
French literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Hair in literature.
Hair in popular culture.
Hair > Social aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Hairstyles > Social aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Popular culture > France > History > 19th century.
French literature.
Hair > Social aspects.
Hairstyles > Social aspects.
Popular culture.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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