Pour une ethno-trichologie tibétaine
Head and body hair: these corporeal excrescences, which can be modified at no great risk, convey four types of information: on sexual statuses and differences between genders, as well as general differences established by societies; on ethnic, social and personal identities; on order and disorder, o...
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| Language: | fra |
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Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Ateliers d'Anthropologie |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/10522 |
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| Summary: | Head and body hair: these corporeal excrescences, which can be modified at no great risk, convey four types of information: on sexual statuses and differences between genders, as well as general differences established by societies; on ethnic, social and personal identities; on order and disorder, on the norm and the margin within a society; on the aesthetic trends in a given period. The author sketches the framework of a general ethno-trichology, and includes examples drawn from various cultural contexts. Symbolising belonging and ways of being, the treatment of hair on the head and body is a highly contentious subject (between generations, populations, and members of the same society who have opposing ideologies). |
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| ISSN: | 2117-3869 |