Galia Ofek

Representations of Hair in Victorian Literature and Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining a wide range of historical, artistic, literary, and theoretical works, Galia Ofek shows how changing patterns of power relations between women and patriarchy are rendered anew when viewed through the lens of Victorian hair codes and imagery during the second half of the nineteenth century. Her innovative study reveals the Victorians' well-developed awareness of fetishism and their cognizance of hair's symbolic resonance and commercial value.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780754661610
• ISBN-10: 075466161X
• Artikelnr.: 44971592

Autorenporträt

Galia Ofek (B.A. Hebrew University; M. Phil, D. Phil Oxford University) teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she has held the Golda Meir and Lafer Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. She is currently working on a new book, The New Woman's Testament: Biblical Narratives, Allusions and Imagery in New Woman and Anti-Feminist Fiction and Journalism 1880-1915, supported by the British Academy, AHRC and ESRC.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Hair theorized
Hair fetishized in Victorian culture
Hair domesticated by male novelists
Hair fashioned by women authors
Sensational hair
Funny hair
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.