LEADER 04575oam 22007094a 450 001 9910787101703321 005 20230919230314.0 010 $a1-4798-4025-4 010 $a1-4798-3065-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479830657 035 $a(CKB)3710000000321421 035 $a(EBL)1909037 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001402680 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12618732 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402680 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11360871 035 $a(PQKB)11313543 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1909037 035 $a(DE-B1597)547783 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479830657 035 $a(OCoLC)898893705 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse86795 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4050761 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4050761 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000321421 100 $a20140717h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPlucked $ea history of hair removal /$fRebecca M. Herzig 210 1$aNew York :$cNew York University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 287 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aBiopolitics: medicine, technoscience and health in the 21st century 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-4798-5281-3 311 0 $a1-4798-4082-3 327 $aIntroduction: 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 -- Conclusion: We are all plucked. 330 $a"From the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode lasers and prescription pharmaceuticals available today, Americans have used a staggering array of tools to remove hair deemed unsightly, unnatural, or excessive. This is true especially for women and girls; conservative estimates indicate that 99% of American women have tried hair removal, and at least 85% regularly remove hair from their faces, armpits, legs, and bikini lines. How and when does hair become a problem--what makes some growth "excessive"? Who or what separates the necessary from the superfluous? In Plucked, historian Rebecca Herzig addresses these questions about hair removal. She shows how, over time, dominant American beliefs about visible hair changed: where once elective hair removal was considered a "mutilation" practiced primarily by "savage" men, by the turn of the twentieth century, hair-free faces and limbs were expected for women. Visible hair growth--particularly on young, white women--came to be perceived as a sign of political extremism, sexual deviance, or mental illness. By the turn of the twenty-first century, more and more Americans were waxing, threading, shaving, or lasering themselves smooth. Herzig's extraordinary account also reveals some of the collateral damages of the intensifying pursuit of hair-free skin. Moving beyond the experiences of particular patients or clients, Herzig describes the surprising histories of race, science, industry, and medicine behind today's hair-removing tools. Plucked is an unsettling, gripping, and original tale of the lengths to which Americans will go to remove hair"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aBiopolitics (New York, N.Y.) 606 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aBody hair$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aHair$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aHair$xRemoval$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$2fast 607 $aUnited States 608 $aHistory. 615 0$aHuman body$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aBody hair$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aHair$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aHair$xRemoval$xHistory. 676 $a617.4779 686 $aSOC026000$aSOC028000$aSOC032000$2bisacsh 700 $aHerzig$b Rebecca M.$f1971-$01097529 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787101703321 996 $aPlucked$93860486 997 $aUNINA