| Description |
292 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: 2003. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
"In art and literature, in history and popular culture, blonde has never been a mere colour. For two-and-a-half thousand years, it has been a blazing signal in code, signifying beauty, power and status." "By looking at the world through the prism of what it is to be blonde, or make oneself blonde, we are drawn into an intriguing portrait of the world. Why is it that blondes rose to prominence in Hollywood and Nazi Germany at the same time? Why do young Japanese women today want to be blonde? Weaving a story rich in anecdote, history and high intrigue, Joanna Pitman effortlessly combines the wealth of her knowledge with a sharp and clear-sighted view of the power of the blonde throughout the ages."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Contents |
1. Aphrodite Rising -- 2. The Empress and the Wig -- 3. The Devil's Soap -- 4. Is She Not Pure Gold? -- 5. The Cardinal and the Blonde Borgia -- 6. Four Blocks of Caviare and a Feather Bed -- 7. Like a Virgin -- 8. Saint-Seducing Gold -- 9. Wretched Pickled Victims -- 10. The Aryan Awakes -- 11. Body Politics -- 12. The Man Who Would be God -- 13. Blonde Venus -- 14. Dirty Pillow Slip -- 15. Of Princesses, Punks and Prime Ministers. |
| Subject |
Blondes.
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Blondes. |
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Blondes -- History.
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History. |
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Hair -- Social aspects.
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Hair -- Social aspects. |
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Hair. |
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Hair -- Dyeing and bleaching.
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Hair -- Dyeing and bleaching. |
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Hair -- Psychological aspects.
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Hair -- Psychological aspects. |
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Hair. |
| ISBN |
0747568456 |
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