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Cabinet 40: Hair

Cabinet 40: Hair

Laurel Braitman
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As Roland Barthes observed of Abb xE9; Pierre's "zero" haircut, even the most neutral of hairstyles offers a forest of signs. The capacity of hair to attract and radiate meaning permeates not just the history of hairstyles--from the Pharaonic beard of the Egyptians to the ironic mullet of the hipster--but also the rituals, technologies and products that define the world of hair. A sourcebook of ideas for artists and others interested in the curiosities of culture at large, "Cabinet 40," with its special section devoted to "Hair," features Jeffrey Kastner on the visual language of the barber pole, Laurel Braitman on the laboratory behavior of "barber mice," Mats Bigert on the ritual of shaving the left leg of a prisoner before electrocution and Janet Connelly on the disappearing pubic hair of the porn star, as well as artist projects by Julia Jacquette and Susan Hiller.
Language
English
Pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cabinet
Release
February 28, 2011
ISBN
1932698388
ISBN 13
9781932698381

Cabinet 40: Hair

Laurel Braitman
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
As Roland Barthes observed of Abb xE9; Pierre's "zero" haircut, even the most neutral of hairstyles offers a forest of signs. The capacity of hair to attract and radiate meaning permeates not just the history of hairstyles--from the Pharaonic beard of the Egyptians to the ironic mullet of the hipster--but also the rituals, technologies and products that define the world of hair. A sourcebook of ideas for artists and others interested in the curiosities of culture at large, "Cabinet 40," with its special section devoted to "Hair," features Jeffrey Kastner on the visual language of the barber pole, Laurel Braitman on the laboratory behavior of "barber mice," Mats Bigert on the ritual of shaving the left leg of a prisoner before electrocution and Janet Connelly on the disappearing pubic hair of the porn star, as well as artist projects by Julia Jacquette and Susan Hiller.
Language
English
Pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cabinet
Release
February 28, 2011
ISBN
1932698388
ISBN 13
9781932698381

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