Plucked : A History of Hair Removal /

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"From the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode lasers and prescription pharmaceuticals available today, Americans have used a staggering array of tools to remove hair deemed unsightly, unnatural, or excessive. This is true especially for women and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Herzig, Rebecca M., 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Health and Wellbeing.
Människokroppen > sociala aspekter > historia.
Hår > sociala aspekter > historia.
Hårborttagning > historia.
Human body > Social aspects.
Hair > Social aspects.
Hair > Removal.
Health and Fitness.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Attitude.
Beauty.
Social Norms > history.
Hair Removal > history.
Human body > Social aspects > United States > History.
Body hair > Social aspects > United States > History.
Hair > Social aspects > United States > History.
Hair > Removal > United States > History.
United States.
Förenta staterna.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: 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
  • Conclusion: We are all plucked.

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