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Red
eBook - A New York Times bestseller
ISBN/EAN: 9781925266580
Umbreit-Nr.: 5730642
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 240 S., 6.25 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.01.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- A New York Times bestsellerRed is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world.More than just a book for redheads, Red is a fascinating social and cultural celebration of a rich and mysterious genetic quirk.With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling: the book explories red hair in the ancient world, the prejudice manifested against redheads across medieval Europe, and red hair during the Renaissance as both an indicator of Jewishness and the height of fashion in Protestant England, thanks to Elizabeth I.It also examines depictions of red hair in art and literature, looks at modern medicine and the genetic decoding of redheads, and considers red hair in contemporary culture, from advertising to'gingerism' and bullying.
- Kurztext
- A New York Times bestsellerRed is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world. More than just a book for redheads, Red is a fascinating social and cultural celebration of a rich and mysterious genetic quirk.With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling: the book explories red hair in the ancient world, the prejudice manifested against redheads across medieval Europe, and red hair during the Renaissance as both an indicator of Jewishness and the height of fashion in Protestant England, thanks to Elizabeth I.It also examines depictions of red hair in art and literature, looks at modern medicine and the genetic decoding of redheads, and considers red hair in contemporary culture, from advertising to 'gingerism' and bullying.
- Autorenportrait
- Jacky Colliss Harvey is a writer and editor. She studied English at Cambridge University and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She has worked in museum publishing for the last twenty years and is a commentator and reviewer who speaks in both the UK and abroad on the arts and popular culture. Her red hair has also found her an alternative career as a life model and a film extra playing everything from a society lady inAtonement to a Parisian whore inBel-Ami. She lives in London.