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Harvey, Jacky Colliss.
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Redheads.
Redheads -- History.
Redheads in art.
Hair -- Social aspects.
Physical-appearance-based bias -- History.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Prejudices -- History.
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Harvey, Jacky Colliss.
Redheads.
Redheads -- History.
Redheads in art.
Hair -- Social aspects.
Physical-appearance-based bias -- History.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Prejudices -- History.
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Red : a history of the redhead / Jacky Colliss Harvey.
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Harvey, Jacky Colliss.
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2015.
Call #:
391.5 H341r
Subjects
Redheads.
Redheads -- History.
Redheads in art.
Hair -- Social aspects.
Physical-appearance-based bias -- History.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Prejudices -- History.
ISBN:
9781579129965 (hc.)
Alternate title:
History of the redhead
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
230 p., 24 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., col. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.
Summary:
"The first book to explore the history of red-headedness throughout the world. Author Jacky Colliss Harvey begins her quest in prehistory and traces the redhead gene as it made its way out of Africa with the early human diaspora, only to emerge under Northern skies. She goes on to explore red hair in the ancient world (from the Tarim mummies in China to the Islamic kingdom of the Khazars); the prejudice manifested against red hair across medieval Europe; red hair during the Renaissance as both an indicator of Jewishness during the Inquisition and the height of fashion in Protestant England, where it was made famous by the Henry VIII and Elizabeth I; the modern age of art, and literature, and the first positive symbols of red hair in children's characters; modern medicine and science and the genetic and chemical decoding of red hair; and finally, red hair in contemporary culture, from advertising to the new movement against bullying. Red is the exploration of evolution and gene mutation, as well as a compelling social and cultural study of how prejudice and misconceptions of "other" evolve across centuries and continents and are handed down through generations and from one culture to another"--Provided by publisher.
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