Plucked : A History of Hair Removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig |
Autore | Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 617.4779 |
Collana | Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience and health in the 21st century |
Soggetto topico |
Attitude
Beauty, Personal Social Norms - history Hair Removal - history Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Body hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Removal - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4798-4025-4
1-4798-3065-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480155003321 |
Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> | ||
New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plucked : a history of hair removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig |
Autore | Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 617.4779 |
Collana | Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience and health in the 21st century |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History
Body hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Removal - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN |
1-4798-4025-4
1-4798-3065-8 |
Classificazione | SOC026000SOC028000SOC032000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787101703321 |
Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> | ||
New York : , : New York University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plucked : a history of hair removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig |
Autore | Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 617.4779 |
Collana | Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience and health in the 21st century |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History
Body hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Removal - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN |
1-4798-4025-4
1-4798-3065-8 |
Classificazione | SOC026000SOC028000SOC032000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808310303321 |
Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> | ||
New York : , : New York University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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