Last taboo, the: women and body hair
Auteur :
LESNIK-OBERSTEIN KARIN
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9780719083235
Date de publication :
4 janv. 2011
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
332 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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. -- .