Hair and (homo)sexuality: 'up-top and down below'

Cole, Shaun (2008) Hair and (homo)sexuality: 'up-top and down below'. In: Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion. Berg, Oxford and New York. ISBN 9781845207922

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Type of Research:	Book Section
Creators:	Cole, Shaun
Description:	This essay argues that within Western gay male culture, the care, control and management of head, face and body hair is dominated by strategies of both conformity to, and subversion of, ‘straight’ masculinity.
Official Website:	http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hair-9781845207915/
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company:	Berg
Your affiliations with UAL:	Colleges > London College of Fashion
Date:	1 December 2008
Projects or Series:	Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion
Date Deposited:	09 Feb 2012 10:19
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2026 10:34
Item ID:	5105
URI:	https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/5105
Licence:	No Licence

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