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Herzig, Rebecca M., 1971-
Subjects
Hair -- Removal -- History.
Hair -- Social aspects -- History.
Body hair -- Social aspects -- History.
Human body -- Social aspects -- History.
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Herzig, Rebecca M., 1971-
Hair -- Removal -- History.
Hair -- Social aspects -- History.
Body hair -- Social aspects -- History.
Human body -- Social aspects -- History.
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Plucked : a
history
of
hair
removal
/ Rebecca M. Herzig.
by
Herzig, Rebecca M., 1971-
New York University Press, [2015]
Call #:
617.4779 H582p
Subjects
Hair
--
Removal
--
History
.
Hair
-- Social aspects --
History
.
Body
hair
-- Social aspects --
History
.
Human body -- Social aspects --
History
.
Series
Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN:
9781479840823 (hc.)
1479840823 (hc.)
Alternate title:
History
of
hair
removal
Description:
vii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-274) and index.
Contents:
Necessary suffering -- the hairless Indian : savagery and civility before the Civil War -- "Chemicals of the toilette" : from homemade remedies to a new industrial order -- Bearded women and dog-faced men : Darwin's great denudation -- "Smooth, white, velvety skin" : x-ray salons and social mobility -- Glandular trouble : sex hormones and deviant
hair
growth -- Unshaven : "arm-pit feminists" and women's liberation -- "Cleaning the basement" : labor, pornography, and Brazilian waxing -- Magic bullets : Laser regulation and elective medicine -- "The next frontier" : genetic enhancement and the end of
hair
-- We are all plucked.
Summary:
"From the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode lasers and prescription pharmaceuticals available today, we have used a staggering array of tools to remove
hair
deemed unsightly, unnatural, or excessive. This is true especially for women and girls; conservative estimates indicate that 99% of American women have tried
hair
removal
, and at least 85% regularly remove
hair
from their faces, armpits, legs, and bikini lines. How and when does
hair
become a problem--what makes some growth "excessive"? Historian Rebecca Herzig shows how, over time, dominant beliefs about visible
hair
have changed: where once elective
hair
removal
was considered a "mutilation" practiced primarily by "savage" men, by the turn of the twentieth century, hair-free faces and limbs were expected for women. Visible
hair
growth--particularly on young, white women--came to be perceived as a sign of political extremism, sexual deviance, or mental illness. By the turn of the twenty-first century, more and more Americans were waxing, threading, shaving, or lasering themselves smooth. Some of the collateral damages of the intensifying pursuit of hair-free skin. An unsettling and original tale of the lengths to which we will go to remove
hair
"--Provided by publisher.
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617.4779 H582p
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