TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herzig,Rebecca M.
TI  - Plucked: A History of Hair Removal
T2  - Biopolitics Series
SN  - 9781479840250
AV  - RL92.H479 2015eb 
U1  - 617.4/779 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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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