Representations of hair in Victorian literature and culture / Galia Ofek.
Representations of hair in Victorian literature and culture / Galia Ofek.
Representations of hair in Victorian literature and culture / Galia Ofek.
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Publisher
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
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N820.9353/39
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 271 p., [13] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
Hair theorized -- Hair fetishized in Victorian culture -- Hair domesticated by male novelists -- Hair fashioned by women authors -- Sensational hair -- Funny hair.
Publication information
Publisher
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2009.
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Summary
This study elucidates the historical, artistic, literary and theoretical meanings of the Victorians' preoccupation with hair. Victorian writers and artists, it argues, had an awareness of fetishism as an overinvestment of value in a specific body part and were aware of hair's symbolic resonance and its value as an object of commerce.
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Full title
Representations of hair in Victorian literature and culture / Galia Ofek.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2009.
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Call Numbers
N820.9353/39
Record Identifier
74VKdXx8w7wd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdXx8w7wd
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ISBN
075466161X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780754661610 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
820.9353
MMS ID
991019969439702626
