Plucked : : A History of Hair Removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig.
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 girls...
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Herzig, Rebecca M., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Plucked : A History of Hair Removal / Rebecca M. Herzig. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Biopolitics ; 8 Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: NECESSARY SUFFERING -- 1. THE HAIRLESS INDIAN -- 2. CHEMICALS OF THE TOILETTE -- 3. BEARDED WOMEN AND DOG-FACED MEN -- 4. “SMOOTH, WHITE, VELVETY SKIN” -- 5. GLANDULAR TROUBLE -- 6. UNSHAVEN -- 7. “CLEANING THE BASEMENT” -- 8. MAGIC BULLETS -- 9. “THE NEXT FRONTIER” -- CONCLUSION: WE ARE ALL PLUCKED -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 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”? Who or what separates the necessary from the superfluous? In Plucked, historian Rebecca Herzig addresses these questions about hair removal. She shows how, over time, dominant American beliefs about visible hair 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. Herzig’s extraordinary account also reveals some of the collateral damages of the intensifying pursuit of hair-free skin. Moving beyond the experiences of particular patients or clients, Herzig describes the surprising histories of race, science, industry, and medicine behind today's hair-removing tools. Plucked is an unsettling, gripping, and original tale of the lengths to which Americans will go to remove hair. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Body hair Social aspects History United States. Body hair Social aspects United States History. Hair Removal History United States. Hair Removal United States History. Hair Social aspects History United States. Hair Social aspects United States History. Human body Social aspects History United States. Human body Social aspects United States History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110728996 print 9781479840823 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479830657.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479830657 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479830657/original |
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