Add to Wish List Link to this Book Add to Bookbag Sell this Book Buy it at Amazon Compare Prices. "retail_price" : "14.95", "online_price" : "14.95", "our_price" : "14.95", "club_price" : "14.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0. Hair (Object Lessons) Author: Scott Lowe, Christopher Schaberg (Series Editor), Ian Bogost (Series Editor) Format: Paperback. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.", From Hittites to hippies and Pentecostals to porn stars, Hair combs through a ubiquitous personal yet public object, a charged and carefully managed dead thing. In untangling its myriad meanings, Scott Lowe reveals just how little we control our hair, no matter the style: each and every passer-by decides on its significance anew. Hair by Scott Lowe ( ) 7 editions published between 20 in English and held by 448 WorldCat member libraries worldwide 'About how the manipulation of human hair holds fascinating symbolic meanings and provokes profound visceral impacts in all cultures of the world'- Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books. Martin Paul Eve Questionnaire by Evan Kindley Hair by Scott Lowe Bread by Scott Cutler Shershow Sock by Kim Adrian (forthcoming) Tree by Matthew Battles. The meanings of hair are deep, powerful, and so strongly embedded in cultural conditioning that they are usually understood unconsciously (and all the more strongly for that). Hair, a primary marker of our mammalian nature, is an extraordinary indicator of economic and social standing, political orientation, religious affiliation, marital status, and cultural leanings, among other things.
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