Hair: Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures
Hair - whether present or absent, restored or removed, abundant or scarce, long or short, bound or unbound, colored or natural - marks a person as clearly as speech, clothing, and smell. While hair's high salience as both sign and symbol extends cross-culturally through time, its denotations are far from universal. Hair is an inter-disciplinary look at the meanings of hair, hairiness, and hairlessness in Asian cultures, from classical to contemporary contexts. The contributors draw on a variety of literary, archaeological, religious, and ethnographic evidence. They examine scientific, medical, political, and popular cultural discourses. Topic…
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Weitere Autoren: Hiltebeitel, Alf (Hrsg.) / Miller, Barbara D. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7914-3742-1
- EAN: 9780791437421
- Produktnummer: 1735778
- Verlag: St Univ Of New York Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 297 S.
- Masse: H22.5 cm x B14.9 cm x D1.8 cm 417 g
- Gewicht: 417
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