The last taboo : women and body hair / edited by Karín Lesnik-Oberstein.
The last taboo : women and body hair / edited by Karín Lesnik-Oberstein.
The last taboo : women and body hair / edited by Karín Lesnik-Oberstein.
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Publisher
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
Call Numbers
N306.4613/ 7
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The last taboo : women, body hair and feminism / Karin Lesnik-Oberstein -- 2. 'The wives of geniuses I have sat with' : body hair, genius and modernity / Daniela Caselli -- 3 A. history of pubic hair, or reviewers' responses to Terry Eagleton's After theory / Louise Tandeur -- 4. Hairs on the lens :...
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Publisher
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"This is the first academic book ever written on women and body hair, a subject which has, until now, been seen as too trivial, ridiculous or revolting to write about. Using a wide range of thinking from gender theory, queer theory, critical and literary theory, history, art history, anthropology and psychology, the contributors argue that, in fact...
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The last taboo : women and body hair / edited by Karín Lesnik-Oberstein.
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N306.4613/ 7
Record Identifier
74VK7K7WE8xZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7K7WE8xZ
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ISBN
0719075009 (hbk.) :
9780719075001 (hbk.) :
DDC
306.4613
MMS ID
991022766229702626
