Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America Memoir_Gift_Guide una casa en el campo

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Her resulting travelogue captures the violent beauty of the country she visited

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Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America Memoir_Gift_Guide una casa en el campoA 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