| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Hair Tropes / Alf Hiltebeitel 1 -- 2. Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions / Patrick Olivelle 11 -- 3. Hairy Barbarians, Furry Primates, and Wild Men: Medical Science and Cultural Representations of Hair in China / Frank Dikotter 51 -- 4. "Long Black Hair Like a Seat Cushion": Hair Symbolism in Japanese Popular Religion / Gary L. Ebersole 75 -- 5. Bound Hair and Confucianism in Korea / Sarah M. Nelson 105 -- 6. Politics of the Queue: Agitation and Resistance in the Beginning and End of Qing China / Weikun Cheng 123 -- 7. Hair Like Snakes and Mustached Brides: Crossed Gender in an Indian Folk Cult / Alf Hiltebeitel 143 -- 8. Living Ghosts: Long-Haired Destitutes in Colonial Hong Kong / James L. Watson 177 -- 9. Cutting the Fringes: Public Hair at the Margins of Japanese Censorship Laws / Anne Allison 195 -- 10. Cuts and Culture in Kathmandu / Julia J. Thompson 219 -- 11. Disappearance of the Oiled Braid: Indian Adolescent Female Hairstyles in North America / Barbara D. Miller 259 -- 12. Afterword: Hair Power / Barbara D. Miller 281. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hair -- Social aspects -- Asia.
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Hair -- Social aspects. |
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Asia. |
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Hair. |
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Hair -- Erotic aspects -- Asia.
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Hair -- Erotic aspects. |
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Hairstyles -- Asia -- History.
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Hairstyles. |
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History. |
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Ornamental hairwork -- Asia -- History.
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Ornamental hairwork. |
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Asia -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Hair. |
| Added Author |
Hiltebeitel, Alf.
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Miller, Barbara D., 1948-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hair. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998 0791437426 (DLC) 97027147 (OCoLC)37254408 |
| ISBN |
0585056722 (electronic book) |
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9780585056722 (electronic book) |
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0791437426 (pb ; alkaline paper) |
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