Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
On Blondes
 
 

On Blondes (Paperback)

by Joanna Pitman (Author)
1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Available from these sellers.


14 used from £0.01

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers

From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers

by Marina Warner
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £12.33
Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Reprint edition (Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1582344027
  • ISBN-13: 978-1582344027
  • Product Dimensions: 19.5 x 12.9 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 636,919 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category:

    #77 in  Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Beauty & Fashion > Hair

Product Description

Review

'Riveting provocative ON BLONDES is ultimately a study of power - and powerlessness - between the sexes travelling undercover, this brunette produced a book which, like its subject, is wonderfully enlightening' Telegraph 'Fascinating Pitman skillfully navigates the complicated history of our addiction to fair hair, skipping through the centuries with an elegant touch' Dea Birkett, Independent --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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 an alternate Paperback edition.

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?


 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:    (0)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:
 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
1.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Dumb Blonde, 6 May 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: On Blondes (Hardcover)
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.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 

   


Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Look for similar items by subject












i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.