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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... cultures and down the centuries, women's 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 ...
... without returning her dowry or paying her alimony . For centuries thereafter , Christian and Jewish married women throughout most of Europe wore their hair long , bound , and 3covered. Most Muslim cultures, which share some of their roots.
What Women's Hair Tells Us About Women's Lives Rose Weitz. 3covered. Most Muslim cultures, which share some of their ... cultural and political power of Islamic groups often oppose hair covering. For example, the fiercely secular Turkish ...
... culture—these tribal distinctions faded. Much of this process of cultural homogenization was accomplished by federally run boarding schools, which, from 1879 until the mid-twentieth century, most Indian children were forced to attend ...
... culture . Until the early nineteenth century , hairstyling offered one of the few means available to black slaves for expressing pride and identity . Both men men and women seized this opportunity , varying their hair's length 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 |