Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller ; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere.

Other author Hiltebeitel, Alf.
Other author Miller, Barbara D., 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxvi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Hair--Social aspects. --Asia.
Hair--Erotic aspects. --Asia.
Hairstyles--Asia. --History.
Ornamental hairwork--Asia. --History.
Asia--Social life and customs.

Contents Introduction: hair tropes / Alf Hiltebeitel -- Hair and society: social significance of hair in South Asian traditions / Patrick Olivelle -- Hairy barbarians, furry primates, and wild men: medical science and cultural representations of hair in China / Frank Dikötter -- 'Long black hair like a seat cushion': hair symbolism in Japanese popular religion / Gary L. Ebersole -- Bound hair and Confucianism in Korea / Sarah M. Nelson -- Politics of the queue: agitation and resistance in the beginning and end of Qing China / Weikun Cheng -- Hair like snakes and mustached brides: crossed gender in an Indian folk cult / Alf Hiltebeitel -- Living ghosts: long-haired destitutes in colonial Hong Kong / James L. Watson -- Cutting the fringes: pubic hair at the margins of Japanese censorship laws / Anne Allison -- Cuts and culture in Kathmandu / Julia J. Thompson -- The disappearance of the oiled braid: Indian adolescent female hairstyles in North America / Barbara D. Miller -- Afterword: hair power / Barbara D. Miller.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97027147
ISBN0791437418 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0791437426 (pb : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GT2295.A8 H35 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold