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Hair: The Symbolic Currency of Mourning

Hair: The Symbolic Currency of Mourning

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PhilosophyMedical ReferenceSelf-Help

ISBN10: 1916622062
ISBN13: 9781916622067
Publisher: Amazon Publishing Agency
Published: Apr 24 2023
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Why is hair so news worthy? Historically, people believed in the power of hair rituals to transform an existing emotional state. Today, people are more skeptical. Certainly, responses to life crises do change over time, raising legitimate questions. In this study, I explore three current hair rituals that focus on this remarkable body part. By turning the lens, I discover how the symbolic use of hair to mourn is a rite of passage that marks real or symbolic death. In each case, a hair ritual is usefully reconfigured to meet the demands of a changing society while remaining connected to our vanished past through this stable conduit ― hair.

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