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A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Enlightenment (The Cultural Histories Series) by Margaret K. Powell & Joseph Roach (Editors) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Enlightenment (The Cultural Histories Series) about?

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 by 60 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. With the help of a broad range of case material they illustrate trends and nuances of the culture of hair in Western societies from ancient times to the present. Volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make the set as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the reader the choice to gain an overview of a period by reading one volume, or to follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Themes are: 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

Who reads A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Enlightenment (The Cultural Histories Series)?

Author

Margaret K. Powell & Joseph Roach (Editors)

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350087941

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Design, Folklore