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A Cultural History of Hair in the Middle Ages

Professor Roberta Milliken (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2021
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-3203-6 (ISBN)

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The Middle Ages were a time of great innovation, artistic vigor, and cultural richness. Appearances mattered a great deal during this vibrant era and hair was a key marker of the dynamism and sophistication of the period. Hair became ever more central to religious iconography, from Mary Magdalen to the Virgin Mary, while vernacular poets embellished their verses with descriptions of hairstyles both humble and elaborate, and merchants imported the finest hair products from great distances.

Drawing on a wealth of visual, textual and object sources, the volume examines how hairstyles and their representations developed—often to a degree of dazzling complexity—between the years AD 800 and AD 1450. From wimpled matrons and tonsured monks to adorned noblewomen, hair is revealed as a potent cultural symbol of gender, age, sexuality, health, class, and race.

Illustrated with approximately 80 images, A Cultural History of Hair in the Middle Ages brings together leading scholars to present an overview of the period with essays on politics, science, religion, fashion, beauty, the visual arts, and popular culture.

Roberta Milliken is Professor of English at Shawnee State University, USA.

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	83 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Gewicht	631 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4742-3203-5 / 1474232035
ISBN-13	978-1-4742-3203-6 / 9781474232036
Zustand	Neuware