

An edition of The Last Taboo (2006)
Women and Body Hair
By Karin Lesnik-Oberstein
Publish Date
August 7, 2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Language
eng
Pages
237
Description:
'The Last Taboo' argues that body hair plays a central role in constructing masculinity and femininity and sexual and cultural identities. It asks how and why any particular issue can become defined as 'self-evidently' too silly or too mad to write about.
subjects: Hair, Body image in women, Social aspects, Body image, Women, health and hygiene, Taboo, Women, Body hair