Cover of Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us About Women's Lives

Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us About Women's Lives

Examining the role of hair in women's lives, a sociologist and editor of The Politics of Women's Bodies discusses what hair reveals about feminine identity, intimate relationships, and work lives, tracing the history of women's hair and offering insights into what hair means today. Reprint.

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