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Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere

Hiltebeitel, Alf, 1942-2023 ; Miller, Barbara D., 1948-

Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)1998

Online Ressource (xvi, 297 pages) : illustrations

Englisch

1.Introduction: Hair Tropes / Alf Hiltebeitel12.Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

Print version: Hair

0-585-05672-2 (electronic bk.); 978-0-585-05672-2 ( : electronic bk.)

0-7914-3742-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 44959864     

OCoLC: 44959864 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

GT2295.A8

391.5095 ; 391.5/095     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: HEA003000 ; bisacsh: HEA 003000

LOC-SH: Hair -- Social aspects -- Asia ; Hair -- Erotic aspects -- Asia ; Hairstyles -- History -- Asia ; Ornamental hairwork -- History -- Asia ; Asia -- Social life and customs -- Asia ; Hairstyles -- Asia -- History ; Ornamental hairwork -- Asia -- History ; Asia -- Social life and customs ; Hair -- Erotic aspects -- Asia ; Hair -- Social aspects -- Asia ; Hairstyles -- Asia -- History ; Ornamental hairwork -- Asia -- History ; Asia -- Social life and customs ; Hair -- Erotic aspects -- Asia ; Hair -- Social aspects -- Asia

Electronic books / History ; Asia ; Manners and customs ; Ornamental hairwork ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Beauty & Grooming ; Hairstyles ; History ; Hair ; Erotic aspects ; Hair ; Social aspects

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.