Books about Hair Psychology

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Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion

This book explores the social importance of hair, wherever it grows, explaining the cultural significance of hair and hairiness, and presenting a new critical engagement with hair and its stories, histories, performances and rituals. It will appeal to all those interested in the presentation and analysis of cultural identity and the body. More ...
Big Hair: A Journey into the Transformation of Self

Most of the people in Western society are obsessed with hair: the hair they have, the hair they don't have, the hair they don't want, the latest to do about the hairstyle of the latest star. However there have been as good as no in depth studies of hair and hairstyles in this culture. The author has written an interesting study of how Westerners define themselves by defining and redefining their fascination with hairstyles of the stars. More ...
Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us About Women's Lives

Hair is known as being one of the first things people notice on others. It is one of the basic ways in which we show our identity to other people. Both in our personal relationships and in relationships with other people hair sends a signal that gives information about our gender, social class, age and much more. More ...