'"Monster top-knots and balloon chignons" : purity and contamination in the false hair trade
(2018)
Book Chapter
Allan, J. (2018). '"Monster top-knots and balloon chignons" : purity and contamination in the false hair trade. In S. Heaton (Ed.), A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire (1800-1920). London: Bloomsbury
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