Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America Memoir_Gift_Guide traveling spectacle known as Buffalo

traveling spectacle known as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

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Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America Memoir_Gift_Guide traveling spectacle known as BuffaloA New Yorker Best Book of the Year A surprising history of human hair in nineteenth century America, where length, texture, color, and coiffure became powerful indicators of race, gender, and national belonging. Hair is always and everywhere freighted with meaning. In nineteenth century America, however, hair took on decisive new significance as the young nation wrestled with its identity. During the colonial period, hair was usually seen as bodily