Big Hair: A Journey into the Transformation of Self
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006CDNDEE |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
McCracken, a curator of ethnology, has written an insightful study of how Westerners redefine themselves by defining and redefining their 'dos, dont's, and dyes, and the fetishistic fascination with hair styles of the rich and famous. Although written primarily about women's hair, and in particular, blond hair, my entire household--men and women alike--learned a great deal from the in-depth analyses of these dead strands of protein extruding from tiny pores on our heads which nonetheless have extraordinary power in determining status and even wealth. Most people in modern Western society are obsessed with hair: hair they have, hair they don't, hair they don't want (there), the late
"Hair as a window to the emerging self--the transformation" according to A Customer. I read this book in a single day. It deals with the way we (mostly women) use hair as a first step towards identifying ourselves and even identifying (or trying on) the self we are becomming. It was straightforward but lighthearted and kind. You could tell the author enjoyed the research. Hair as a window to the soul.. "Factual Inaccuracies Abound" according to Madeira Darling. I certainly have patience for the subject matter, even a light hearted exploration of the subject is interesting to me as a person who spends a lot of time reading about and examining the history of beauty in culture, and beauty rituals. However, this book is wildly inaccurate, claiming that mobility in women's hair in the 1950s is undesirable, if one looks at hairspray commercials, and hairstyling manuals of the time, you'll find a very different picture. It was strongly desired that hair should feel and move like hair, but with the products. "Big Ideas Hidden In Big Hair" according to Jonathan Cook. Big Hair is a playful ethnography of women's hair that manages to be simultaneously fun to read and deeply insightful. Grant McCracken, anthropologist of consumer culture, finds that deep ideas are hidden within a subject that is ordinarily presumed to be superficial: Women's attention to the appearance of their hair, and the guidance they receive from hairdressers in salons.McCracken is particularly perceptive in his assessment of the role of hairdressers, who are typically dismissed as vain and shallow. McCracken shows how hairdressers serv
Big Hair: A Journey into the Transformation of Self book has been released since 2017-02-22. Big Hair: A Journey into the Transformation of Self are written by Grant McCracken and it has 240 of pages on paperback.