Plucked : : A History of Hair Removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig.
Uncovers the history of hair removal practices and sheds light on the prolific culture of beautyFrom 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 re...
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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 Savagery and Civility before the Civil War -- 2 “CHEMICALS OF THE TOILETTE” From Homemade Remedies to a New Industrial Order -- 3 BEARDED WOMEN AND DOG-FACEDMEN Darwin’s Great Denudation -- 4 “SMOOTH, WHITE, VELVETY SKIN” X-Ray Salons and Social Mobility -- 5 GLANDULAR TROUBLE Sex Hormones and Deviant Hair Growth -- 6 UNSHAVEN “Arm-Pit Feminists” and Women’s Liberation -- 7 “CLEANING THE BASEMENT” Labor, Pornography, and Brazilian Waxing -- 8 MAGIC BULLETS Laser Regulation and Elective Medicine -- 9 “THE NEXT FRONTIER” Genetic Enhancement and the End of Hair -- 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 Uncovers the history of hair removal practices and sheds light on the prolific culture of beautyFrom 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 28. Mrz 2024) 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 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479840250.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479840250 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479840250/original |
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