Plucked. Rebecca M. Herzig

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      Herzig, Rebecca M., 1971-

      Plucked : a history of hair removal / Rebecca M. Herzig.

      pages cm

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-1-4798-4082-3 (hardback)

      1. Hair—Removal—United States—History. 2. Hair—Social aspects—United States—History. 3. Body hair—Social aspects—United States—History. 4. Human body—Social aspects—United States—History. I. Title.

      RL92.H49 2015

      617.4’779—dc23

      2014027535

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       For Jill Hopkins Herzig

       Contents

       Introduction: Necessary Suffering

       1. The Hairless Indian:

       Savagery and Civility before the Civil War

       2. “Chemicals of the Toilette”:

       From Homemade Remedies to a New Industrial Order

       3. Bearded Women and Dog-Faced Men:

       Darwin’s Great Denudation

       4. “Smooth, White, Velvety Skin”:

       X-Ray Salons and Social Mobility

       5. Glandular Trouble:

       Sex Hormones and Deviant Hair Growth

       6. Unshaven:

       “Arm-Pit Feminists” and Women’s Liberation

       7. “Cleaning the Basement”:

       Labor, Pornography, and Brazilian Waxing

       8. Magic Bullets:

       Laser Regulation and Elective Medicine

       9. “The Next Frontier”:

       Genetic Enhancement and the End of Hair

       Conclusion: We Are All Plucked

       Acknowledgments

       Notes

       Index

       About the Author