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'Fascinating ...Pitman skillfully navigates the complicated history of our addiction to fair hair, skipping through the centuries with an elegant touch' Independent 'Riveting ... provocative ... ON BLONDES is ultimately a study of power-and powerlessness-between the sexes ... travelling undercover, this brunette produced a book which, like its subject, is wonderfully enlightening' Telegraph In art and literature, in history and popular culture, blonde has never been a mere colour. For 2,500 years, it has been a blazing signal and around this obsession entire industries have developed, influential trends set. From Greek prostitutes mimicking the golden-haired Aphrodite, to the Californian beach babe; from pigeon-dung and saffron dyes to L'Oreal - because you're worth it - we see the lengths to which women will go to become blonde. The power and duality of the blonde as either erotic symbol or saintly virgin waxes and wanes but never disappears. Weaving a story rich in anecdote, history and high intrigue, Joanna Pitman effortlessly combines the wealth of her knowledge with a sharp and clear-sighted view of the power of the blonde throughout the ages.
If the latest research on genetics is correct two hundred years from now the last blonde will be living in Finland and blondes (in their non-chemically enhanced state) will have disappeared, which gives us, males a rather tight deadline to make the most of the situation, pass round some jokes and ponder on the dismal state the world will be in once there are no more blondes! From quick-fire, short jokes to long, complex tales on blondes Ed Sullivan's lifelong collection of blonde jokes leaves few stones unturned and even fewer areas untouched when it comes to milking a situation for fun. All of which is an excellent reason to open up this eBook, fire up our email and fill up the inbox of friends and relatives with some truly hilarious stuff.
"This little volume shows the general scheme used by Dr. Blackford in using color to determine character. It is not a text book, --that belongs in the author's extraordinary study course teaching people in detail the entire science, and how to use it, --but it is marvelously suggestive and illuminating. If it will only prove an alluring stepping stone for the reader toward the full comprehension and mastery of a science as essential as it is new, the volume will a thousand times repay him or her for the reading"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light is the definitive biography of the Master of Suspense and the most widely recognized film director of all time. In a career that spanned six decades and produced more than 60 films – including The 39 Steps, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds – Alfred Hitchcock set new standards for cinematic invention and storytelling. Acclaimed biographer Patrick McGilligan re-examines his life and extraordinary work, challenging perceptions of Hitchcock as the “macabre Englishman” and sexual obsessive, and reveals instead the ingenious craftsman, trickster, provocateur, and romantic. With insights into his relationships with Hollywood legends – such as Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ingrid Bergman, and Grace Kelly – as well as his 54-year marriage to Alma Reville and his inspirations in the thriller genre, the book is full of the same dark humor, cliffhanger suspense, and revelations that are synonymous with one of the most famous and misunderstood figures in cinema.
Bobs, beards, blondes and beyond, Hair takes us on a lavishly illustrated journey into the world of this remarkable substance and our complicated and fascinating relationship with it. Taking the key things we do to it in turn, this book captures its importance in the past and into the present: to individuals and society, for health and hygiene, in social and political challenge, in creating ideals of masculinity and womanliness, in being a vehicle for gossip, secrets and sex. Using art, film, personal diaries, newspapers, texts and images, Susan J. Vincent unearths the stories we have told about hair and why they are important. From ginger jibes in the seventeenth century to bobbed-hair suicides in the 1920s, from hippies to Roundheads, from bearded women to smooth metrosexuals, Hair shows the significance of the stuff we nurture, remove, style and tend. You will never take it for granted again.
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Women have been tricking men for thousands of years, and female tricksters have been appearing in classic and popular texts at least since the Thousand and One Nights. While there are many studies of tricksters, few have focused on the chicanery of women, and none have dealt with the ways in which the female trickster is constructed in America. Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women is the first book to explore the cultural work performed by female tricksters in the "new country" of American mass consumer culture. Beginning with such nineteenth-century novels as Capitola the Madcap and moving through twentieth-century novels, films, radio, and television shows, Lori Landay looks at how popular heroines use craft and deceit to circumvent the limitations of femininity. She considers texts of the 1920s such as Elinor Glyn's It and Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; films of Mae West, as well as other Depression-era and wartime film comedy; the postwar television series I Love Lucy; and such contemporary texts as "Roseanne," "Ellen," and "Batman." In addition, Landay explores the connections between these texts and advertisements selling products that encourage female deception and trickery.
Sick of fighting the frizz, being bamboozled by product choices? Or do you need to know what’s going to work for your hair? Do you get those ‘bad hair’ days when your hair has a mind of its own and nothing you do will make it behave? Then this is the book for you! Find the answers to: * What colours and hairstyles will suit you best * How to use your straighteners to curl or straighten * Where to find a new stylist and avoid a hair disaster * How to win the fight with dry frizzy hair * What the right products are for your hair * And much, much more! There is nothing more frustrating than when your hairstyle refuses to behave as it did for your stylist. This book will help women of any age, with all levels of hairstyling skills to look their best every day. Written by a hairdresser with over thirty years of experience in the industry, this book contains all the answers to common questions clients want to know, in a format that’s helpful and easy to understand. Hair Secrets helps women by giving real answers to many dilemmas faced as a client visiting a new salon or stylist. If you’re considering a change in style or color, this book explains how to choose the right styles and the colors that will look amazing on you!