| Edition |
Pbk ed. |
| Description |
viii, 244 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Sinners. Wild, oversexed heathens, banshees, and queens : redheaded women and how they make us feel the way we do -- The Old Poker and the Inhabitants of Pandemonium : it Is in his kiss-and in our blood-to fear the red-haired man -- The blood that scares the hell into us : superstition, taboo, and the blood that divides us -- Pt. 2. Science. Digestif : recipe for an identity -- A monk, two very different Victorians, and the knockout mouse : how we were delivered the genetics of hair color -- Digestif : recipe for a heritage -- The itch of genetics/the genetics of itch : science has done little to extinguish the fire of the tale -- Digestif : recipe for one redhead -- Pt. 3. Sex. The palette of the succubus : on Satan the color red is one thing; on women, it is altogether another -- You may be many things, young lady, but you are no redhead : the tangle of sex and science are but two strands of the braid. |
| Subject |
Redheads.
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Redheads. |
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Hair -- Social aspects.
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Hair -- Social aspects. |
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Hair. |
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Hair -- Erotic aspects.
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Hair -- Erotic aspects. |
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Hair. |
| ISBN |
1582345902 : $13.95 |
|
9781582345901 : $13.95 |
| Standard No. |
9781582345901 |
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