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Red: A Natural History of the Redhead - Hardcover

Harvey, Jacky Colliss

 
9781925266191: Red: A Natural History of the Redhead
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1925266192 ISBN 13: 9781925266191
Verlag: Allen & Unwin, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

A New York Times bestseller, Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world.

With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, Jacky Colliss Harvey explores red hair in the ancient world, the prejudice manifested against redheads across medieval Europe, and red hair during the Renaissance as both an indicator of Jewishness and the height of fashion in Protestant England, thanks to Elizabeth I.

Colliss Harvey also examines depictions of red hair in art and literature, looks at modern medicine and the genetic decoding of redheads, and considers red hair in contemporary culture, from advertising to 'gingerism' and bullying.

More than just a book for redheads, Red is a fascinating social and cultural celebration of a rich and mysterious genetic quirk.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jacky Colliss Harvey is a writer and editor. She studied English at Cambridge University and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She has worked in museum publishing for the last 20 years and is a commentator and reviewer who speaks in both the UK and abroad on the arts and popular culture. Her red hair has also found her an alternative career as a life model and a film extra playing everything from a society lady in Atonement to a Parisian whore in Bel-Ami. She lives in London.

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Verlag
Allen & Unwin
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1925266192
ISBN 13 
9781925266191
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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