by Bel Olid · Destino CAT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497103039
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«A contrapel» is the essay by Bel Olid, published by Destino CAT in paperback (80 pages, in Catalan).
The essay analyses hair removal as a normalised social requirement: most women claim they remove hair for pleasure, but the pressure to eliminate body hair contradicts that freedom. The book examines the social punishment of those who display it, the physical and mental cost of conforming to the norm, and the relationship between hair removal, submission and self-loathing.
Volume 261 of the L'Ancora collection. First edition published on 4 November 2020.
For readers interested in feminism, the sociology of the body and current debates on gender and identity.
Bel Olid Báez is a Catalan writer, translator, and teacher of language, literature, translation, and creative writing. They have received several literary prizes, among them the 2010 Documenta Award. From 2015 to 2022, they were the president of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. As of 2024, they are an Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish at the University of Chicago.
