The Resource Plucked : a history of hair removal, Rebecca M. Herzig
Plucked : a history of hair removal, Rebecca M. Herzig
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The item Plucked : a history of hair removal, Rebecca M. Herzig represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "From 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 287 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
-
- Necessary suffering
- the hairless Indian : savagery and civility before the Civil War
- "Chemicals of the toilette" : from homemade remedies to a new industrial order
- Bearded women and dog-faced men : Darwin's great denudation
- "Smooth, white, velvety skin" : x-ray salons and social mobility
- Glandular trouble : sex hormones and deviant hair growth
- Unshaven : "arm-pit feminists" and women's liberation
- "Cleaning the basement" : labor, pornography, and Brazilian waxing
- Magic bullets : Laser regulation and elective medicine
- "The next frontier" : genetic enhancement and the end of hair
- We are all plucked
- Isbn
- 9781479840823
- Label
- Plucked : a history of hair removal
- Title
- Plucked
- Title remainder
- a history of hair removal
- Statement of responsibility
- Rebecca M. Herzig
- Subject
-
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
- Human body -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
- Body hair -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Hair -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
- Hair -- Removal -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Herzig, Rebecca M.
- Dewey number
- 617.4/779
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RL92
- LC item number
- .H49 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WR 450
- NLM item number
- H582p 2015
- Series statement
- Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience and health in the 21st century
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Hair
- Hair
- Body hair
- Human body
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
- Label
- Plucked : a history of hair removal, Rebecca M. Herzig
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-274) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Necessary suffering -- the hairless Indian : savagery and civility before the Civil War -- "Chemicals of the toilette" : from homemade remedies to a new industrial order -- Bearded women and dog-faced men : Darwin's great denudation -- "Smooth, white, velvety skin" : x-ray salons and social mobility -- Glandular trouble : sex hormones and deviant hair growth -- Unshaven : "arm-pit feminists" and women's liberation -- "Cleaning the basement" : labor, pornography, and Brazilian waxing -- Magic bullets : Laser regulation and elective medicine -- "The next frontier" : genetic enhancement and the end of hair -- We are all plucked
- Control code
- ocn876883391
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9781479840823
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014027535
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 40024708406
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781479840823
- (OCoLC)876883391
- Label
- Plucked : a history of hair removal, Rebecca M. Herzig
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-274) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Necessary suffering -- the hairless Indian : savagery and civility before the Civil War -- "Chemicals of the toilette" : from homemade remedies to a new industrial order -- Bearded women and dog-faced men : Darwin's great denudation -- "Smooth, white, velvety skin" : x-ray salons and social mobility -- Glandular trouble : sex hormones and deviant hair growth -- Unshaven : "arm-pit feminists" and women's liberation -- "Cleaning the basement" : labor, pornography, and Brazilian waxing -- Magic bullets : Laser regulation and elective medicine -- "The next frontier" : genetic enhancement and the end of hair -- We are all plucked
- Control code
- ocn876883391
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9781479840823
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014027535
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 40024708406
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781479840823
- (OCoLC)876883391
Subject
- Body hair -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Hair -- Removal -- United States -- History
- Hair -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Human body -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
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