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A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2021
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-3201-2 (ISBN)

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Hair, or lack of it, is one the most significant identifiers of individuals in any society. In Antiquity, the power of hair to send a series of social messages was no different. This volume covers nearly a thousand years of history, from Archaic Greece to the end of the Roman Empire, concentrating on what is now Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. Among the key issues identified by its authors is the recognition that in any given society male and female hair tend to be opposites (when male hair is generally short, women’s is long); that hair is a marker of age and stage of life (children and young people have longer, less confined hairstyles; adult hair is far more controlled); hair can be used to identify the ‘other’ in terms of race and ethnicity but also those who stand outside social norms such as witches and mad women.

The chapters in A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity cover the following topics: 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.

Mary Harlow is Associate Professor of Ancient History, University of Leicester, UK.

Series Preface
Introduction
1. Religion and Ritualized Belief
2. Self and Society
3. Fashion and Adornment
4. Production and Practice
5. Health and Hygiene
6. Gender and Sexuality
7. Race and Ethnicity
8. Class and Social Status
9. Cultural Representations
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	18.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	The Cultural Histories Series
Zusatzinfo	75 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Gewicht	604 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4742-3201-9 / 1474232019
ISBN-13	978-1-4742-3201-2 / 9781474232012
Zustand	Neuware