Red : a history of the redhead / Jacky Colliss Harvey.
Red : a history of the redhead / Jacky Colliss Harvey.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2015.
Call Numbers
G 2016/1651
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
230 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 1 map ; 21 cm.
Content type
still image
cartographic image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Way, way back, many centuries ago -- Black and white and red all over -- Different for girls -- The excrement of the head -- Sinners and stunners -- Rapunzel, Rapunzel -- Freaks of fashion -- Redhead days.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Stereotypes of redheaded women range from the funloving scatterbrain to the fiery-tempered vixen or the penitent prostitute. Red-haired men are often associated with either the savage barbarian or the redheaded clown. But why is this so? Harvey begins her quest in prehistory and traces the redhead gene as it made its way out of Africa with the earl...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Red : a history of the redhead / Jacky Colliss Harvey.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2016/1651
Record Identifier
74VKVPa6WJZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPa6WJZg
Other Identifiers
ISBN
157912996X
9781579129965
DDC
909
MMS ID
991023993311402626
