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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585056722
  • 9780585056722
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hair.DDC classification:
  • 391.5/095 21
LOC classification:
  • GT2295.A8 H35 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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