The meanings of hair (Greek).
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 19403 |
| Format | 15 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 576 p., paperback |
| Publication | Paris, 2015 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Greek hair, triviality? Oh no! So, a C key to radically renew the reading of their world? Let's not exaggerate! Were it not for the number of pages, exuberant or concealed, exhibited or hidden, this Greek hair nevertheless remains modest. Modest, but solid, vigorous, effective, so many qualities that make it a precious witness. Properly grasped and adequately drawn, it will take you where you least expect it: in biology, medicine, physiognomy, sociology, politics, ethnology, religion, aesthetics, even love while we're at it. Another strength is its flexibility. Thus, it highlights unsuspected links that ancient Greeks established between these disciplines. Who does better? To focus on an enterprise of body history that has already produced beautiful fruits, to substitute for a history so long hairless, a history without veil, is to note that hair intrudes into political and social discourses, intervenes in practices of exclusion, takes place in religious rituals, plays the leading role in appreciations of bodies, and the desire that we feel for them. It is to note to what extent, in Greek culture, ideologies are embodied.
Greek hair, triviality? Oh no! So, a C key to radically renew the reading of their world? Let's not exaggerate! Were it not for the number of pages, exuberant or concealed, exhibited or hidden, this Greek hair nevertheless remains modest. Modest, but solid, vigorous, effective, so many qualities that make it a precious witness. Properly grasped and adequately drawn, it will take you where you least expect it: in biology, medicine, physiognomy, sociology, politics, ethnology, religion, aesthetics, even love while we're at it. Another strength is its flexibility. Thus, it highlights unsuspected links that ancient Greeks established between these disciplines. Who does better? To focus on an enterprise of body history that has already produced beautiful fruits, to substitute for a history so long hairless, a history without veil, is to note that hair intrudes into political and social discourses, intervenes in practices of exclusion, takes place in religious rituals, plays the leading role in appreciations of bodies, and the desire that we feel for them. It is to note to what extent, in Greek culture, ideologies are embodied.