Table of Contents

Series Preface Introduction 1. Religion and Ritualized Belief 2. Self and Society 3. Fashion and Adornment 4. Production and Practice 5. Health and Hygiene 6. Gender and Sexuality 7. Race and Ethnicity 8. Class and Social Status 9. Cultural Representations Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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The definitive overview of hair in the Middle Ages, this ground-breaking scholarly work presents nearly 650 years of hair in culture and examines diverse topics such as gender, ethnicity, morality, status, hygiene, eroticism, and belief.

About the Author

Roberta Milliken is Professor of English at Shawnee State University, USA.

Reviews

A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair ... There is plenty to inform and intrigue.
*Times Literary Supplement*

[A] thoroughly researched, theoretically grounded volume that sheds needed light on the cultural significances of hair in medieval visual and literary culture.
*Holly Flora, Tulane University, USA*