Things that hurt my heart

Jul 02, 2010 20:58

Looking for: Confirmation of an interesting trivium from a novel - That the Indochine population (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) do not generally have the vellus hair that other populations do ( Read more... )

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alicat2001 July 5 2010, 22:49:09 UTC
So true! Ah, the Internet has made so many things possible. ;)

I was tempted to call it "Peach fuzz"; I had to search around to find the right word. The book used enough context that it didn't have to say more than "body hair."

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chapel_of_words July 5 2010, 13:10:11 UTC
To clarify - were the articles that you found unrelated to your intended search? Or were they involved in the trivium you were looking to confirm, i.e. the sans vellus belief came from the eugenics or social darwin movement ( ... )

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alicat2001 July 5 2010, 23:34:33 UTC
No, the original item was a side note in a beautifully written book by someone who obviously loves Cambodia and describes it through the characters in vivid detail. The original novel only describes a fascinated child stroking the heroine's arm, and her explanation that Cambodians rarely have vellus hair ( ... )

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