ISBN:
0585056722
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9780585056722
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvi, 297 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Hair
DDC:
391.5095
Keywords:
Hair Social aspects
;
Asia
;
Hair Erotic aspects
;
Asia
;
Hairstyles History
;
Asia
;
Ornamental hairwork History
;
Asia
;
Hairstyles History
;
Ornamental hairwork History
;
Hair Erotic aspects
;
Hair Social aspects
;
Hairstyles History
;
Ornamental hairwork History
;
Hair Erotic aspects
;
Hair Social aspects
;
Manners and customs
;
Ornamental hairwork
;
HEALTH & FITNESS ; Beauty & Grooming
;
Hairstyles
;
History
;
Hair ; Erotic aspects
;
Hair ; Social aspects
;
Asia Social life and customs
;
Asia
;
Asia Social life and customs
;
Asia Social life and customs
;
Asia
;
Electronic books History
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
1.Introduction: Hair Tropes /Alf Hiltebeitel1 --2.Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions /Patrick Olivelle11 --3.Hairy Barbarians, Furry Primates, and Wild Men: Medical Science and Cultural Representations of Hair in China /Frank Dikotter51 --4."Long Black Hair Like a Seat Cushion": Hair Symbolism in Japanese Popular Religion /Gary L. Ebersole75 --5.Bound Hair and Confucianism in Korea /Sarah M. Nelson105 --6.Politics of the Queue: Agitation and Resistance in the Beginning and End of Qing China /Weikun Cheng123 --7.Hair Like Snakes and Mustached Brides: Crossed Gender in an Indian Folk Cult /Alf Hiltebeitel143 --8.Living Ghosts: Long-Haired Destitutes in Colonial Hong Kong /James L. Watson177 --9.Cutting the Fringes: Public Hair at the Margins of Japanese Censorship Laws /Anne Allison195 --10.Cuts and Culture in Kathmandu /Julia J. Thompson219 --11.The Disappearance of the Oiled Braid: Indian Adolescent Female Hairstyles in North America /Barbara D. Miller259 --12.Afterword: Hair Power /Barbara D. Miller281.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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1.Introduction: Hair Tropes
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