Hair colors literary, artistic representations Marilyn Marks Princeton NJ -- Jonathan Swift and James Joyce first made Anne Margaret Daniel see red. Consider "Gulliver's Travels," where Swift notes that young, female Yahoos are most dangerous to poor Gulliver when "the hair of the Brute is of a red colour." Joyce topped that in "Ulysses," where Buck Mulligan states simply: "Redheaded women buck like goats." That was enough for Daniel, a lecturer in English, to begin a study of literary, artistic and cultural represen- tations of redheads from about 1600 through today. In her work, based primarily in English, Irish and American literature, Daniel examines real redheads, fictional redheads, and even redhead-wannabes who dye their hair a coppery cast. "It started when I became interested and repelled by depictions of redheads in Irish literature, particularly in Swift and Joyce," said Daniel, a redhead herself. She soon found that throughout literature and the arts, redheaded women typically are portrayed as smart but venal, amoral, sexy, ill-tempered, unpredictable, and either evil or zany. Redheaded men generally are depicted as large, noisy, politically involved or great warriors. Her subjects are mostly women, because when people think of redheads, they don't think of men, she says. "We think of the dizzy and dazzling Katharine Hepburn, or the lavish and lustful Rita Hayworth," Daniel writes in a synopsis of her work. "We think of copperheads and irresistible peril." Daniel's subjects include Mary Magdalene ("the reformed prostitute -- always a redhead"), Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline (smart and always in trouble, usually with young, suave Pepito) and Queen Elizabeth I (a strong woman who sometimes pretended to be weak and used her red hair to prove she was not a bastard). Daniel also considers artistic representations such as Michaelangelo's "The Temptation" fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, in which Eve's hair changes from mousy brown to copper after she accepts the apple from a red-headed serpent. Daniel hopes to finish a book based on her research in about a year.   top		May 21, 2001 Vol. 90, No. 28 previous   archives   next Contents New president • Professor named 19th president • Time is right for Tilghman • Reaction enthusiastic for new leader • Family comes first for new president • Shirley Tilghman bio Life sciences • Search is on for genomics institute head • Silver: Doubling not necessarily troubling • Landweber tracks changes in genetic code • Virus leaves trail in brain for researchers Students and alumni • Thesis sparks thriving teacher corps • Recent grad's first novel attracts attention • Student teaching builds bridges • New program preps local students for success Other news • Merck funds professorship to honor alumnus • Hair colors literary, artistic representations • Class size makes a difference People • Remaining discretionary funds to increase staff salaries • Doig announces retirement • Barron is new women's hoops coach • Spotlight • Briefs • Thirteen faculty members transfer to emeritus status Sections • By the numbers: Reunions • Nassau Notes • Calendar of events The Bulletin is published weekly during the academic year, except during University breaks and exam weeks, by the Office of Communications, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. Permission is given to adapt, reprint or excerpt material from the Bulletin for use in other media. Deadline. In general, the copy deadline for each issue is the Friday 10 days in advance of the Monday cover date. The deadline for the Bulletin that covers June 4&endash;17 is Friday, May 25. A complete publication schedule is available at deadlines or by calling (609) 258-3601. Subscriptions. The Bulletin is distributed free to faculty, staff and students. Others may subscribe to the Bulletin for $24 for the academic year (half price for current Princeton parents and people over 65). Send a check to Office of Communications, Stanhope Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. Editor: Ruth Stevens Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller Contributing writers: Jennifer Greenstein, Pam Hersh, Marilyn Marks, Steven Schultz, Regina Tan Photographer: Denise Applewhite Design: Mahlon Lovett, Laurel Masten Cantor Web edition: Mahlon Lovett