Tell your friends about this item:
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal - Biopolitics Rebecca M. Herzig
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal - Biopolitics
Rebecca M. Herzig
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. The author shows how, over time, dominant American beliefs about visible hair changed.
280 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 16, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781479840823 |
| Publishers | New York University Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 238 × 165 × 29 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |