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Rebecca Herzig
TitleProfessor
Academic background
Alma materMIT[1]
InfluencesLeo Marx[2]
Academic work
DisciplineGender and Sexuality Studies
Notable ideasHistory of Hair removal
Websitehttps://www.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/profile/rebecca-herzig/

Rebecca Herzig is a writer and professor. She is chair of the program in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Bates College in Maine.[3][4]

Career

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Herzig is the author of Suffering for Science: Reason and Sacrifice in Modern America,[5] The Nature of Difference: Sciences of Race from Jefferson to Genomics, and Plucked: A History of Hair Removal.[6][7][8] Herzig’s work on hair removal examines how changing social norms have influenced the “voluntary” pursuit of beauty.[9] Plucked was named best book of the year by The Economist.[10]

Herzig has been on the executive councils of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, the Society for the History of Technology, and the International Committee for the History of Technology.[11] She has received MIT’s Kristen E. Finnegan Prize and Bate’s Kroepsch Award for her teaching.[12][13]

Herzig is also a regular media commentator.[14][15]

Reception

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Plucked was well received by both academic and popular media.[16][17][18] It was named one of Science Friday's best science books of 2015.[19] The Economist called Plucked a “delightful history of hair removal in America,”[20] and The Journal of American History said the book was an “interesting, serious, and meticulously researched contribution to American history.”[21]

Publications

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Books

  • R. Herzig, Suffering for Science: Reason and Sacrifice in Modern America (Rutgers University Press 2005).
  • R. Herzig, Plucked: A History of Hair Removal (NYU Press 2015).

Edited works

  • E. Hammonds, R. Herzig, ed. The Nature of Difference: Sciences of Race in the United States from Jefferson to Genomics (MIT Press 2009).
  • B. Subramaniam, R. Herzig, eg. Feminist Technosciences (University of Washington Press)

References

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  1. ^ "PROGRAM IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY". MIT Annual Reports. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Symposium marks 50th anniversary of 'The Machine in the Garden'". MIT News.
  3. ^ "Rebecca Herzig Faculty Expertise". 31 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  4. ^ Muir, Ellie. "Women with body hair remain a cultural taboo, and I can't see it changing". Independent. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  5. ^ Ayoub, Nina C. (January 13, 2006). "'Suffering for Science: Reason and Sacrifice in Modern America'". chronicle.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers University Press".
  7. ^ "MIT Press".
  8. ^ "The Casualties of Women's War on Body Hair". The Atlantic. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  9. ^ Salam, Reihan (18 September 2015). "Hair Raising". National Review. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Shelf Life". Economist. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Rebecca Herzig Faculty Expertise". 31 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Kroepsch Award". 16 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Convocation honors accomplishments of many". MIT News. 3 June 1998. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Adam Ruins Everything". TruTV. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Podchaser".
  16. ^ Smith, Katelyn. "Review of Herzig, Rebecca M., Plucked: A History of Hair Removal". H Net. H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews.
  17. ^ Ajaka, Nadine. "The Casualties of Women's War on Body Hair". The Atlantic. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  18. ^ Bethune, Brain. "The strange history of hair removal". Maclean's. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  19. ^ "The Best Science Books of 2015". Science Friday. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Hair-erasing". The Economist. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Plucked: A History of Hair Removal". Journal of American History. 102 (2): 518-519. September 2015. doi:10.1093/jahist/jav487.
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