Hair [electronic resource] : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller ; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere.
Contributor(s): Hiltebeitel, Alf
| Miller, Barbara D.
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TextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, c1998General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 297 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0585056722 (electronic bk.); 9780585056722 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Hair -- Social aspects -- Asia | Hair -- Erotic aspects -- Asia | Hairstyles -- Asia -- History | Ornamental hairwork -- Asia -- History | Asia -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 391.5/095 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| E-book | Davenport Library e-book | E-book | 391.5/095 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | mq344195 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.
1. Introduction: Hair Tropes / Alf Hiltebeitel 1 -- 2. Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions / Patrick Olivelle 11 -- 3. Hairy Barbarians, Furry Primates, and Wild Men: Medical Science and Cultural Representations of Hair in China / Frank Dikotter 51 -- 4. "Long Black Hair Like a Seat Cushion": Hair Symbolism in Japanese Popular Religion / Gary L. Ebersole 75 -- 5. Bound Hair and Confucianism in Korea / Sarah M. Nelson 105 -- 6. Politics of the Queue: Agitation and Resistance in the Beginning and End of Qing China / Weikun Cheng 123 -- 7. Hair Like Snakes and Mustached Brides: Crossed Gender in an Indian Folk Cult / Alf Hiltebeitel 143 -- 8. Living Ghosts: Long-Haired Destitutes in Colonial Hong Kong / James L. Watson 177 -- 9. Cutting the Fringes: Public Hair at the Margins of Japanese Censorship Laws / Anne Allison 195 -- 10. Cuts and Culture in Kathmandu / Julia J. Thompson 219 -- 11. The Disappearance of the Oiled Braid: Indian Adolescent Female Hairstyles in North America / Barbara D. Miller 259 -- 12. Afterword: Hair Power / Barbara D. Miller 281.
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