Whiskerology : the culture of hair in nineteenth-century America / Sarah Gold McBride.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gold McBride, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hair--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Hair.

Hairstyles--United States--History--19th century.

Hairstyles.

Beards--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Beards.

Gender expression--United States--History--19th century.

Gender expression.

United States--Social life and customs--19th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Whiskerology traces the emergence and significance of hair as a marker of identity and belonging in nineteenth-century America. Viewed during the colonial period as disposable, to be donned or removed like clothing, hair later became a marker of intrinsic truths about the self-in particular about one's gender, race, nationality, even personality."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Long Hair

Facial Hair

Hair Science

Hair Fraud.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674249295

0674249291

OCLC:

1454065023