Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures

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

Other author/creator	Hiltebeitel, Alf.
Other author/creator	Miller, Barbara D., 1948-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Description	xvi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	97027147
ISBN	0791437418 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN	0791437426 (pb : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	GT2295.A8 H35 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold