Plucked : A History of Hair Removal.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Biopolitics Series ; v.8 .
- Biopolitics Series .
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.