Plucked: A History Of Hair Removal (Biopolitics, 8)

A cultural historian explores the history of Americans' changing attitudes towards hair removal, discussing how it was once viewed as a ?utilation?practiced by ?avage?men to being expected of women, lest they be viewed as mentally ill or sexually deviant.

• • Author: Rebecca M. Herzig
• • Publisher: Nyu Press
• • Publication Date: Jan 16, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 280 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1479840823
• • ISBN-13: 9781479840823