Hair its power and meaning in Asian cultures (State University of New York Press, 1998)
Includes bibliographical references and index
1 - Introduction: Hair Tropes - Alf Hiltebeitel - 1 -- - 2 - Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions - Patrick Olivelle - 11 -- - 3 - Hairy Barbarians, Furry Primates, and Wild Men: Medical Science and Cultural Representations of Hair in China - Frank Dikotter - 51 -- - 4 - "Long Black Hair Like a Seat Cushion": Hair Symbolism in Japanese Popular Religion - Gary L. Ebersole - 75 -- - 5 - Bound Hair and Confucianism in Korea - Sarah M. Nelson - 105 -- - 6 - Politics of the Queue: Agitation and Resistance in the Beginning and End of Qing China - Weikun Cheng - 123 -- - 7 - Hair Like Snakes and Mustached Brides: Crossed Gender in an Indian Folk Cult - Alf Hiltebeitel - 143 -- - 8 - Living Ghosts: Long-Haired Destitutes in Colonial Hong Kong - James L. Watson - 177 -- - 9 - Cutting the Fringes: Public Hair at the Margins of Japanese Censorship Laws - Anne Allison - 195 -- - 10 - Cuts and Culture in Kathmandu - Julia J. Thompson - 219 -- - 11 - The Disappearance of the Oiled Braid: Indian Adolescent Female Hairstyles in North America - Barbara D. Miller - 259 -- - 12 - Afterword: Hair Power - Barbara D. Miller - 281