Mohawk hairstyle
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| - | Unusual [[hair coloring]] and styles such as [[Hair style|spikes]], [[mohawk hairstyle|mohawks]], [[dreadlocks]], and other uncommon styles designed to look as far from 'normal' hairstyles as possible, are still associated with [[Punk fashion|punk]], although those styles were not popular at the time of [[punk rock]]'s emergence in the 1970s. It is possible to look at the 1961 movie ''[[The Rebel (1961 film)|The Rebel]]'' starring [[Tony Hancock]] and see representations of Paris artists with blue, green or crimson dyed hair and black clothing, parodying the antics of the [[surrealism|surrealist]]s or, looking back through old magazines and news items from the 1950s, to see news of British [[rock and roll]]er [[Wee Willie Harris]] with his pink hair or [[Peter Sellers]]' early 60s comedy reference to a rock singer dying his ''"hair a luminous green"'' in the song ''"I'm So Ashamed"''. | + | The '''mohawk''' (also referred to as a '''Mohican''') is a [[hairstyle]] in which, in the most common variety, both sides of the head are shaven, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair in the center. It is today worn as an emblem of non-conformity. |
| - | ===Piercing=== | + | The mohawk is also sometimes referred to as an '''iro''' in reference to the [[Iroquois]] (who include the Mohawk people), from whom the hairstyle is supposedly derived – though historically the hair was plucked out rather than shaved. Additionally, hairstyles bearing these names more closely resemble those worn by the [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]], rather than the [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]], [[Mohicans]], [[Mohegan]], or other groups whose names are phonetically similar. |
| - | [[Body piercing]] has been around since ancient times, and has been attributed [[mysticism|mystic]]al significance. These days, it is often regarded by those who use it as an enhancement of one's natural appearance, as with most forms of [[body modification]]. | + | |
| - | Piercing of the face (especially ears and lips) has been integrated into teenage fashion, along with the subsequent stretching of these piercings by inserting increasingly larger jewelry into the healed fistula. | + | |
| - | ===Cosmetic surgery=== | + | The red-haired [[Clonycavan Man]] bog body found in Ireland is notable for having a well-preserved Mohawk hairstyle, dated to between 392 BCE and 201 BCE. |
| - | [[Cosmetic surgery]] can refer to the simple removal of a [[scar]], or it can be totally transformative and literally serve to significantly alter the appearance of a person. | + | == See also == |
| + | * [[List of hairstyles]] | ||
| + | * [[Roach (headdress)]] | ||
| + | * [[Queue (hairstyle)|Queue]] | ||
| - | ===Medical implants=== | ||
| - | [[Implant (medicine)|Medical implants]] are becoming more common. [[Speculative fiction]] and [[futurology]] conjecture that this trend may continue to the point where the line between human and machine becomes very blurred. According to the philosophy of [[transhumanism]], [[technology|technologies]] such as [[cybernetics]] will enable humans to transcend their current physical limitations. The philosophy prescribes a new kind of evolutionary mutation which transcends biology. | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Control freak]] | ||
| - | *[[Freak show]] | ||
| - | *[[Freak out (disambiguation)]] | ||
| - | *''[[Freaks]]'', the film | ||
| - | *[[Freak scene]] | ||
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The mohawk (also referred to as a Mohican) is a hairstyle in which, in the most common variety, both sides of the head are shaven, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair in the center. It is today worn as an emblem of non-conformity.
The mohawk is also sometimes referred to as an iro in reference to the Iroquois (who include the Mohawk people), from whom the hairstyle is supposedly derived – though historically the hair was plucked out rather than shaved. Additionally, hairstyles bearing these names more closely resemble those worn by the Pawnee, rather than the Mohawk, Mohicans, Mohegan, or other groups whose names are phonetically similar.
The red-haired Clonycavan Man bog body found in Ireland is notable for having a well-preserved Mohawk hairstyle, dated to between 392 BCE and 201 BCE.
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