A comprehensive examination of hair as a powerful medium of artistic expression, social communication, and cultural identity across Africa and its diaspora. This lavishly illustrated volume explores elaborate hairstyles, coiffures depicted in sculpture and masks, hair ornaments, and the deep symbolic meanings embedded in hair practices. Essays by leading scholars analyze how hair signifies status, age, ethnicity, spirituality, and beauty ideals in diverse African cultures, while also tracing the continuity and transformation of hair traditions in African American and Afro-Caribbean communities. An essential resource for scholars of African aesthetics, material culture, fashion historians, and anyone interested in the intersection of art, identity, and bodily adornment.
Hardback
192 pages
Please note: All titles are vintage or out-of-print editions. While condition may differ from images shown, each book is in good condition unless stated otherwise.
A comprehensive examination of hair as a powerful medium of artistic expression, social communication, and cultural identity across Africa and its diaspora. This lavishly illustrated volume explores elaborate hairstyles, coiffures depicted in sculpture and masks, hair ornaments, and the deep symbolic meanings embedded in hair practices. Essays by leading scholars analyze how hair signifies status, age, ethnicity, spirituality, and beauty ideals in diverse African cultures, while also tracing the continuity and transformation of hair traditions in African American and Afro-Caribbean communities. An essential resource for scholars of African aesthetics, material culture, fashion historians, and anyone interested in the intersection of art, identity, and bodily adornment.
Hardback
192 pages
Please note: All titles are vintage or out-of-print editions. While condition may differ from images shown, each book is in good condition unless stated otherwise.