The Last Taboo
Subtitle: Women and Body Hair
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: August 7, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780719075001
Subjects: Women's studies; Race And Ethnic Relations; Sex Roles (Sociological Aspects); Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Civilization; Discrimination & Racism
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.