Ambiguous Locks

Author : Roberta Milliken

Paperback

Published : Monday 30 January 2012

ISBN : 9780786448708

Price : €46.74

Description

It has long been said that a womans 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 express sexuality, and the cutting of a womans hair often signals her feminine misbehavior. Artists of all kinds in the Middle Ages used womens long hair to manipulate their audiences estimation of their female figures. This interdisciplinary work explores the significance of womens 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.

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