Whiskerology - The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America

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.

About the author

Sarah Gold McBride is on the faculty in the Program in American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Gold McBride
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780674249295
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24929-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people