Plucked : : A History of Hair Removal /

Plucked : : A History of Hair Removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig.

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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 girls...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Herzig, Rebecca M.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Biopolitics ; 8
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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