SPECIALIST PRACTICE

The historical, social and cultural significance of hair

 

ancient Egytptians removed body hair for cleanliness but wore wigs- british museum wig . collections show racial makeup of that makeup and how it changed- from white dominated society in 3000 bc to civilisation intriguation of black nubian in …    pure human hair knotted into linen cap. two types of hair used shows chaining demographics of time,   blonde hair on top kept in place with beeswax, and afro hair underneath show nubian culture. style reflect changing racial makeup. -400 years after racial mix. nubian pharaoh came to throne …

 

reubens - 1609-1610- long hair as strength?

 

18th century- ridiculous, larger, more flamboyant. Mary Antoinette- Let them eat Cake -  bigger the hair, the higher up the social ladder you were - only rich could afford wigs etc

 

Emilene Pankhurst (185 - 1928) - Suffragette campaign. women demure looking. war started change in event as women had to go out and take over jobs that men had done. illustration- newspaper cartoons. Women got the vote and started to assert themselves. Shorter bobbed haircuts became popula - became statement of youth.  Throwing off moral restrictions of society - Louise Brooks.

 

flapper- young bird learning to fly- society thought thats what the girls looked like when dancing. people started to copy the film stars. men= a lot of facial hair.all soldiers had moustaches until …..if shaved were treated as a breach of discipline. 

 

military rules in 21st century- danis not allowed stubble. beards help to break down cultural barriers between 2 cultures.asian and arab allow beards due to religious beliefs

No women ever wore their hair short before the 1920’s and women’s hairdressing becomes more popular. Women were fired from there jobs for cutting their hair short. This is around the time the term flapper came into use – meaning a young bird trying to fly.

 

For men at this time facial hair become very popular (your country needs you) all soldiers had moustaches. This was regulation until 1916 – Neville Creedy the changed this by shaving his beard and changed the rules for the men in the military.

 

Military in the 21st century – stubble isn’t aloud in the Danish army.

Afghanistan – full beards are using being used as a symbol of bravery euorpean red hair. Helps break down the socials barriers between the men.

 

Different services have different rules – aisian and arab socially acceptable to have beards.

 

Groucho Marx – comedian – greasepaint was applied to create a moustache and eyebrows because he didn’t have time to apply fake hair pieces.

 

Hitler was instructed to shape his moustache in order to fit underneath the gas marsk during the mustard bombings

 

Industrial revaluation. 1945 the vast majority of men served in the war and when they returned they were meant to come -  the teddy boy era was an example of everything being bigger and better in American.

 

The 60’s

1964 – civil rights movement

 

Vietnam war – long hair represented opposing the military short haircut.

 

Musical called hair – tribal love rock musical – on broadway 1968

 

Marsha hunt – 1968 queen magazine – brown sugar. Racial segregation was starting to break down and people were becoming free.

 

1970- facial hair for men come back into fashion.

Charleys angels. Farrah Fawcett

 

You also had what was called the skin heads who tried to shock and rebel against the popular fashions at that time.

 

Super model Pat Evens –

 

Late 70’s punk fashion , influenced by Vivian westwood – sex pistols –

 

The new Romanics were also

 

Indian policemen are payed to grown facial hair – its more respected. It has authority, represent testosterone. Bollywood film starts do not have facial hair.

 

Freida Kahlo – valued for her eccentric characteristics and expresses her individualities.

 

Indian and Islamic painting – unibrow was depicted beautiful.

 

French vogue – male dressed as a woman 2007.

 

Hair extensions – stared with Afro Caribbean – then become European. Supplied by people of the temple.

 

Controversy – hair removal – armpits etc.