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On Blondes [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Joanna Pitman (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 292 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; illustrated edition edition (3 Mar 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747560765
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747560760
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.6 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,208,039 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"An engaging and dishy read, "On Blondes will have power-hungry brunettes reaching for the peroxide." -"Entertainment Weekly
"Blondes aren't stupid. Hillary Clinton runs New York, Madonna heads the music industry and Diane Sawyer is ABC's Everywoman. Is hair color a coincidence? Not likely." -"Playboy
"Ms. Pitman... draws interesting parallels between the Nazis' adulation of the blond, the Soviet Union's promotion of the dynamic blond ideal, and 'the development of a radiantly sunlit blond American ideal, the WASP American dream.'" -"New York Times
"Pitman's engaging style only highlights the appeal of this combination of history, folklore, and shrewd cultural commentary." -"Booklist


Ann Widdecombe, Evening Standard

‘I defy anyone not to enjoy it ... It is well written, has pace and intrigues the reader ... hugely entertaining’ --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dumb Blonde, 6 May 2003
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This is a very poor book - a dumb blonde indeed.
At first glance the book is a sexy, quasi-academic study of the significance and meaning of blonde hair throughout the ages. In reality, it's a half-baked mess of bold statements with little or no evidence to support them. And these statements don't even hold together to form a coherent argument of any sort. The book is just a glorified list of people who might have had blonde hair. I don't even believe that some of them did. A prime example for you - Rumour has it that Cleopatra was a blonde. Really? No rumour that I have ever heard of, and no hints as to which eminent Egyptologists might have fed Ms Pitman this information.
The factual evidence throughout is sketchy, and the references at the back are very sloppy indeed. Does Ms Pitman even realise for instance that Ovid never wrote a book called The Erotic Poems, from which she quotes? If you are going to use a translation, at least find out what the original text is called and reference it properly . The poem she refers to is The Amores, Book I, poem 14, which doesn't explictly refer to dying the hair blonde, as the author confidently asserts, but scolds Corinna for treating and messing around with her hair. Someone who studied at Cambridge and writes for The Times should know the importance of understanding and presenting sources correctly.
Blonde-ness and faux blonde-ness is essentially a trivial subject, and Ms Pitman has done nothing to dignify it, make her study remotely credible or present the topic in an academic light.
So, unless you are burning to read a flowery description of the locks of the Virgin Mary, Princess Di, Diana Dorrs et al (and even Ms Pitman's near own canonisation on account of her glowing mop) I won't bother with this book. You really won't learn anything, and if the book does spark any interest, you won't be able to follow up the ideas anyway. Just spend the £12.99 on peroxide and do your own research.
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