Rebecca Herzig Explained

Rebecca Herzig
Professor
Website:https://www.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/profile/rebecca-herzig/
Alma Mater:MIT[1]
Influences:Leo Marx[2]
Discipline:Gender and Sexuality Studies
Notable Ideas:History of Hair removal

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

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

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

Books

Edited works

Notes and References

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

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