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4. The Gendered Grammar of Ancient Mediterranean Hair
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS VII
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
- Introduction: The Spectacle of the Female Head 1
- 1. "Put a Bag over Her Head": Beheading Mythological Women 15
- 2. Shaven Heads and Loose Hair: Buddhist Attitudes toward Hair and Sexuality 32
- 3. Untangling the Meanings of Hair in Turkish Society 53
- 4. The Gendered Grammar of Ancient Mediterranean Hair 76
- 5. Veils, Virgins, and the Tongues of Men and Angels: Women's Heads in Early Christianity 131
- 6. The Nakedness of a Woman's Voice, the Pleasure in a Man's Mouth: An Oral History of Ancient Judaism 165
- 7. Making Up a Woman: The Face of Roman Gender 185
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 215
- INDEX 217
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS VII
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
- Introduction: The Spectacle of the Female Head 1
- 1. "Put a Bag over Her Head": Beheading Mythological Women 15
- 2. Shaven Heads and Loose Hair: Buddhist Attitudes toward Hair and Sexuality 32
- 3. Untangling the Meanings of Hair in Turkish Society 53
- 4. The Gendered Grammar of Ancient Mediterranean Hair 76
- 5. Veils, Virgins, and the Tongues of Men and Angels: Women's Heads in Early Christianity 131
- 6. The Nakedness of a Woman's Voice, the Pleasure in a Man's Mouth: An Oral History of Ancient Judaism 165
- 7. Making Up a Woman: The Face of Roman Gender 185
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 215
- INDEX 217
