Racial indigestion : eating bodies in the 19th century / Kyla Wazana Tompkins.

The body project : an intimate history of American girls / Joan Jacobs Brumberg.

Plucked : a history of hair removal / Rebecca M. Herzig.

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Works from the collections

Racial indigestion : eating bodies in the 19th century / Kyla Wazana Tompkins.

The body project : an intimate history of American girls / Joan Jacobs Brumberg.

Plucked : a history of hair removal / Rebecca M. Herzig.