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Tables of Contents for Hair
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
vii
4
Foreword
xi
4
Gananath Obeyesekere
Acknowledgments
xv
1. Introduction: Hair Tropes
1
10
Alf Hiltebeitel
2. Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions
11
40
Patrick Olivelle
3. Hairy Barbarians, Furry Primates, and Wild Men: Medical Science and Cultural Representations of Hair in China
51
24
Frank Dikotter
4. "Long Black Hair Like a Seat Cushion": Hair Symbolism in Japanese Popular Religion
75
30
Gary L. Ebersole
5. Bound Hair and Confucianism in Korea
105
18
Sarah M. Nelson
6. Politics of the Queue: Agitation and Resistance in the Beginning and End of Qing China
123
20
Weikun Cheng
7. Hair Like Snakes and Mustached Brides: Crossed Gender in an Indian Folk Cult
143
34
Alf Hiltebeitel
8. Living Ghosts: Long-Haired Destitutes in Colonial Hong Kong
177
18
James L. Watson
9. Cutting the Fringes: Public Hair at the Margins of Japanese Censorship Laws
195
24
Anne Allison
10. Cuts and Culture in Kathmandu
219
40
Julia J. Thompson
11. The Disappearance of the Oiled Braid: Indian Adolescent Female Hairstyles in North America
259
22
Barbara D. Miller
12. Afterword: Hair Power
281
6
Barbara D. Miller
Contributors
287
4
Index
291