Plucked : : A History of Hair Removal /

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

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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.,
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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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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