A cultural history of hair in the age of enlightenment / edited by Margaret K. Powell and Joseph Roach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powell, Margaret K., editor.

Roach, Joseph R., 1947- editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

A cultural history of hair ; olume 4

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:

"The Enlightenment (1650-1800) was the Golden Age of hair. Hair dominated fashion as never before or since, with more men and women than ever donning elaborate wigs and hairdos. Such unprecedentedly extravagant styling naturally increased the demand for the services of professional hairdressers, whose numbers grew apace throughout the period. They, in turn, created a new range of hair-care products and a new literature of hair-care advice, ranging from hairstyles to hygiene, thus enlarging the market and further stimulating consumption. A Cultural History of Hair in the Enlightenment offers a record of their marketing success, mindful that the ultimate product of this culture of consumption was the consumer. Literary and visual arts celebrated the ambitious têtes and coifs of the period, but they also lampooned and caricatured the most fashionable in society. By exploring paintings, prints, plays, poems, novels, treatises, and advice manuals, the contributors to this volume show how hair in this period expanded beyond the fashionable and the superstitious, and became newly understood as material, inspiring empirical research and powering applications such as in the woolen goods industry. The essays in this volume - 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 - explore hair's many meanings and its importance during the Enlightenment period."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

General Editor's Preface

Introduction / Margaret K. Powell and Joseph Roach

1. Religion and Ritualized Belief

Evangelical Hair / Julia Fawcett

2. Self and Society Women Wearing Wigs: A Short History of a Long Eighteenth-Century Problem / Julia Fawcett

3. Fashion and Adornment / Lynn Festa

4. Production and Practice / Sean Silver

5. Health and Hygiene / Margaret K. Powell and Joseph Roach

6. Gender and Sexuality "Hairs Less in Sight"

Some Vibrant Ideas of Gender, 1714-1795 / Jayne Lewis

7. Race and Ethnicity Mortal Coils and Hair-Raising Revolutions: Styling 'Race' in the Age of Enlightenment / Heather V. Vermeulen

8. Class and Social Status Hair and Social Boundaries / Manushag N. Powell

9. Cultural Representations Hairstory / Crystal B. Lake

Notes

Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9781474232067

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.