5 China’s Armpit Hair Contest

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction Revolting Bodies or Bodies in Revolt? 1
4. PART 1 REVOLTING BODIES
5. 1 Hairy Subjects: Imagining versus Experiencing Body Hair Rebellions 35
6. 2 Body Hair Battlegrounds 66
7. PART 2 ART AND ACTIVISM
8. 3 Hairy, Not So Scary 97
9. 4 Expanding the Body Hair Imaginary 126
10. 5 China’s Armpit Hair Contest 148
11. PART 3 BODY HAIR REBELS
12. 6 Growing a Thicker Skin 169
13. 7 “The Only Opinion That Matters Is My Own” 200
14. 8 “In the Revolution, We Will All Be Hairy” 221
15. Epilogue They Are Going to Be Mad at Us 251
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 257
17. NOTES 261
18. INDEX 293