Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America

Whiskerology traces how hair became a significant marker of identity and belonging in nineteenth-century America. Viewed during the colonial period as disposable, to be donned or removed like clothing, hair later became an external sign of internal truths about the self—especially one’s gender, race, and nationality.

• | Author: Sarah Gold McBride
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 03, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780674249295
• | ISBN-10: 0674249291