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Plucked : A History of Hair Removal.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Biopolitics SeriesPublisher: New York : New York University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781479840250
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: PluckedDDC classification:
  • 617.4/779
LOC classification:
  • RL92.H479 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- 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-Faced Men: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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Author.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- 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-Faced Men: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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Author.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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