03042cam a2200325 4500 525592394 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781479830657 1479830658 B00RLSYP96 Amazon d95e3023-c023-4041-95da-67e73917e149 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2071468 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Herzig, Rebecca M. Plucked [OverDrive] : A History of Hair Removal. NYU Press, 2015. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2760kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Sociology. Women's Studies. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>Uncovers the history of hair removal practices and sheds light on the prolific culture of beauty</b><br /> 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?<br /> In <i>Plucked</i>, 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. <i>Plucked</i> is an unsettling, gripping, and original tale of the lengths to which Americans will go to remove hair.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/plucked?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/plucked?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/plucked?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)