Entanglement : the secret lives of hair
Tarlo, Emma2016
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When no longer attached to the head, human hair is disconcerting. Whether carefully preserved as a Victorian love token or displayed in museums as proof of mass atrocities, it can tells us stories about the individuals and groups to whom it was once attached. The stories aren't confined to the past either. Recycled into wigs, extensions, toupees, rope, embroidery, paintbrushes, fertilizer or protein, hair is a commodity in a legal yet largely covert trade. From scavengers who pick hair out of gutters and rubbish heaps to Hindu pilgrims who renounce their hair and dedicate it to gods in fulfillment vows, anthropologist Emma Tarlo unveils the secret global journeys of hair.
Main title:
Entanglement : the secret lives of hair / Emma Tarlo.
Author:
Tarlo, Emma, author
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2016.
Collation:
vii, 407 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780749921 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2215919
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