Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us About Women's LivesThe first book to explore the role of hair in women's lives and what it reveals about their identities, intimate relationships, and work lives |
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... hairstyle and bought a blow - dryer to follow her instructions . For months afterward my new hairstyle seemed to me an emblem of my freedom from marriage , of my new control over my own life , and of my long - desired identity as a ...
... lose sleep to protect our hairstyles once we've made our choices . And despite all this worry and effort , a “ bad hair day " still can sap our confidence and drive us to tears . It's easy to dismiss these concerns as trivial, of ...
... hairstyles and remain socially acceptable, we still expect men's and women's hair to differ. Boys with long hair can ... hairstyles often, and why even those who adopt tousled hairstyles (à la actress Meg Ryan and singer Britney Spears) ...
... hairstyles have varied wildly, from the ankle-length false braids worn in twelfth-century England to the chin-length “bobs” of 1920s flappers. But in each time and place, ideas about women's hair reflected ideas about women's nature and ...
Contents
WOMENS HAIR TODAY | |
THREE Ponytails and Purple Mohawks | |
FOUR What We Do for Love | |
FIVE Paychecks and Power Haircuts | |
SIX Bald Truths | |
SEVEN At the Salon | |
EIGHT Ill Dye Until I Die | |
NINE No More Bad Hair Days | |
Bibliography | |
Acknowledgments | |
Other editions - View all
Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us about Women's Lives Rose Weitz Limited preview - 2004 |
Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us about Women's Lives Rose Weitz No preview available - 2004 |
Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us about Women's Lives Rose Weitz No preview available - 2005 |