A Cultural History of Hair in Antiquity

by Mary Harlow

Book Overview

"A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair." Times Literary Supplement

Hair, or lack of it, is one the most significant identifiers of individuals in any society. In Antiquity, the power of hair to send a series of social messages was no different. This volume covers nearly a thousand years of history, from Archaic Greece to the end of the Roman Empire, concentrating on what is now Europe, North Africa, and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350285323
• ISBN13: 9781350285323
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages