Whiskerology

The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America

(Author) Sarah Gold McBride
Format: Hardcover
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Whiskerology traces how hair became a significant marker of identity and belonging in nineteenth-century America. Viewed during the colonial period as disposable, to be donned or removed like clothing, hair later became an external sign of internal truths about the self--especially one's gender, race, and nationality.

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Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Format:
Hardcover
Number of pages:
305
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780674249295
Publish year:
2025
Publish date:
June 3, 2025

Sarah Gold McBride

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