A cultural history of hair in the age of empire / edited by Sarah Heaton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heaton, Sarah, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

A cultural history of hair ; olume 5

Cultural histories series

The cultural histories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hairstyles--History.

Hairstyles.

Hair--Social aspects.

Hair.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2019

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"19th and early 20th-century hair appears to be everywhere when you start to look, from the abundant locks of the pre-Raphaelites to the myriad objects on show at the Great Exhibitions. The latter, hosted at venues such as the Crystal Palace, hinted at the level of global trade in hair economies, from hair harvest, hairpieces, and hairwork to commodities for styling and adornment. It was a period when hair became fetishized in all sorts of ways, from fashioning hair to moralising constriction, from suggestions of sexuality in abundant free-flowing locks, to intricate hair-incorporating jewellery which offered spiritual connections to the dead. In a period of increasing globalization and associated anxieties, hair came to express identity not just for the individual but for different cultures. Perhaps inevitably, hair itself became a contested site of signification whether as the strands of the diaspora, the cut locks of the underclass, or the coiffures of the court. A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the tangled tresses of hair in this period, with essays covering: 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

General Editor's Preface

Introduction: Empires of Hair and their Afterlives / Sarah Heaton

1. Religion and Ritualized Belief: Myth, Folklore and Spiritualism in Victorian and Neo-Victorian Representations of Hair: Unweaving the Tangled Tresses of Influence and Obsession / Richard Leahy 2. Self and Society / Jonathon Shears 3. Fashion and Adornment: African American Women in the United States, 1800 to 1920 / Patricia Hunt-Hurst

4. Production and Practice: Hair Harvest, Hairpieces and Hairwork / Sallie McNamara

5. Health and Hygiene: 'Monster top-knots and balloon chignons': Purity and Contamination in the False Hair Trade / Janice M. Allan

6. Gender and Sexuality: Tresses Adorned and Adored, Locks Coiled and Cut / Sarah Heaton

7. Race and Ethnicity: Strands of the Diaspora: Black Hair in the Americas 1800-1920 / Elizabeth Way

8. Class and Social Status: "The more you have the better'; Or, The Politics and Economics of Hair / Elizabeth Carolyn Miller

9. Cultural Representations: The Abundant Signifier / Sally West

Notes

Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9781474232081

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.