Susan J. Vincent

Hair (eBook, ePUB)

An Illustrated History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bobs, beards, blondes and beyond, Hair takes us on a lavishly illustrated journey into the world of this remarkable substance and our complicated and fascinating relationship with it.

Taking the key things we do to it in turn, this book captures its importance in the past and into the present: to individuals and society, for health and hygiene, in social and political challenge, in creating ideals of masculinity and womanliness, in being a vehicle for gossip, secrets and sex.

Using art, film, personal diaries, newspapers, texts and images, Susan J. Vincent unearths the stories we have told about hair and why they are important. From ginger jibes in the seventeenth century to bobbed-hair suicides in the 1920s, from hippies to Roundheads, from bearded women to smooth metrosexuals, Hair shows the significance of the stuff we nurture, remove, style and tend. You will never take it for granted again.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857851734
• Artikelnr.: 54674126

Autorenporträt

Susan Vincent is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (CREMS) at the University of York, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Hair matters1. Care for your hair2. From servant to stylist3. The art of being hairless4. The practice of being hairy5. The politics of appearance5. Social challenge: the long and the short of itConclusion: Histories and hair storiesEndnotesList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex

Rezensionen

This richly illustrated book reveals the power and importance of hair, from the 16th century to the present day. Amazing, amusing and erudite, Susan Vincent brings historical hair practices into lively dialogue with the hair on our heads today. Sarah Cheang, Royal College of Art, London, UK