Ambiguous Locks: An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (979 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0076LGNIE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 555 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Roberta Milliken is a professor of English at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, where she teaches medieval and renaissance literature as well as women's studies classes
. "examines representations of women's hair in works from the early medieval through the Early modern period and explores the ways in which these depictions communicated ideas about the roles, value and sexuality of women during the period."--SciTech Book News; "an interesting overview of a rich topic, written in admirably accessible language"--Speculum
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. 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. Indeed, throughout history, hair has remained an important cultural symbol of femininity. Artists of all kinds in the Middle Ages used women’s long hair to manipulate their audience’s estimation of their female figures
Excellent Resource and Historical Study First, this is a remarkable book, a wonderfully detailed and perspicacious academic study of women's hair in the middle ages. The treatment of the subject is exhaustive, as it should be in a scholarly text. Milliken is a particularly good historian and analyst. Since it is a scholarly book, I'm surprised one reviewer here would complain about the Kindle price. It is the only book of its kind anywhere.. Hotrodimus said Exorbitant Kindle pricing strikes again - let's have 'er head. Self-important pricing for the kindle version? Nope! Your hair ought to be shaved off publicly until it's $9.99!