If Douglas (1970: 72) states that: "Shaggy hair, as a form of protest against represented forms of social control, is a current symbol in our own day” then sleek hair must be the opposite and symbolise an individual who is conservative and conforms to modes of social control. Right?
Today, making sure my hair was clean, neat and sleek (pretty much how I normally wear it), I went to varsity to investigate Douglas’s theory. I asked others what they thought my sleek hair said about me as a person. Again, I got nothing that I could link directly to Douglas’s theory. So, again I feel that Douglas’s theory of the symbolism behind shaggy and sleek hair is more directed toward media and advertising than real life situations.
- Douglas, M (1970). Natural Symbols. London: Routledge. 72.
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