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An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature
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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 signify both sexuality and virtue, and the cutting of a woman's hair often implies her masculinization. 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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Roberta Milliken is professor of English at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, where she has taught medieval and renaissance literature and women's studies classes for 15 years.
Release date Australia
January 30th, 2012
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
40 photographs
Pages
300
Dimensions
7x10x18
ISBN-13
9780786448708
Product ID
10824525

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