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The last taboo: Women and body hair Karin Lesnik-oberstein
The last taboo: Women and body hair
Karin Lesnik-oberstein
This is the first academic book ever written on women and body hair. The study argues that body hair plays a central role in constructing masculinity and femininity and sexual and cultural identitiesThe chapters each analyse through a specific focus how body hair underpins ideas of the ‘cultural’ and ‘natural’ in western culture. -- .
256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 4, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780719083235 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Genre | Sex & Gender > Feminine |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 234 × 14 mm · 368 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin |