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Ambiguous Locks : An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0786448709
ISBN-13 9780786448708
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Feb 6th, 2012
Print length 300 Pages
Weight 522 grams
Dimensions 25.40 x 17.80 x 1.50 cms
Ksh 7,400.00
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It has long been said that a woman's hair is her crowning glory. Indeed, throughout history, hair has remained an important cultural symbol of femininity. In medieval art, iconic images of long, flowing locks can express sexuality, and the cutting of a woman's hair often signals her feminine misbehavior. Artists of all kinds in the Middle Ages used women's long hair to manipulate their audience's estimation of their female figures. This interdisciplinary work explores the significance of women's hair in literature and art from the medieval period through 1525, putting into historical context the ways in which hair participates in construction of the female identity.

It has long been said that a woman''s hair is her crowning glory. Indeed, throughout history, hair has remained an important cultural symbol of femininity. In medieval art, iconic images of long, flowing locks can express sexuality, and the cutting of a woman''s hair often signals her feminine misbehavior. Artists of all kinds in the Middle Ages used women''s long hair to manipulate their audience''s estimation of their female figures. This interdisciplinary work explores the significance of women''s hair in literature and art from the medieval period through 1525, putting into historical context the ways in which hair participates in construction of the female identity.


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