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Ambiguous Locks

Name: Ambiguous Locks
Brand: McFarland & Company
SKU: 06302951
Price: 44.96 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Roberta Milliken
ISBN: 9780786448708

An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature

Roberta Milliken

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 06302951

Publishers McFarland & Company, January 2012

It has long been said that a woman's hair is her crowning glory. Indeed, throughout history, hair ha... Full description

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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.