Philosophy of Hair
Variation
in just how seriously it has been taken
Anthropological
Mammals, but our comparative lack of hair (even with respect to other
primates)
has athletic advantage for long distance running (cooling) and some
other
activities
Grooming
Cultural and subcultural
Variation in
just how
seriously it has been taken
(songs, humor, and their sources)
Hair as an issue
and as a
symbol
African-American and Jewish challenges, process, Afros & Jewfros
Wigs/Hair as status and rank markers
Biblical roles and rules (corners)
Judaism (and
Christianity) –
Hair and status; hair, holidays, mourning rituals
Marital status
Warrior status
Anglo-American cultures
Control of hair as representative of an authority's control
Concentration
camps
Prisons
Military
Martial Arts
Hair and
status, again
(Digression on
Erving
Goffman and staging of self)
Hair & Art
Hair & Gender
Hair and stage of life/Hair and age
Hair & style
Hair & Class
in the 60's
high school.
Michael Kagan
kagan@lemoyne.edu
Le Moyne
College
Monday, November 23, 2009; last changed, April 16, 2010