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Splitting Hairs: Chinese Immigrants, the Queue, and the Boundaries of Political Citizenship (publicdomainreview.org)

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As Chinese immigration to California accelerated across the 19th century, the hairstyle known as the queue — a long, braided pony tail — became the subject of white Americans’ fascination, disgust, and legal regulation. Sarah Gold McBride explores why hair served as an index of political subjecthood, and how the queue exposed cracks in American norms regarding gender, economy, and citizenship.

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