Concerning beards [electronic resource] : facial hair, health and practice in England 1650-1900 / Alun Withey.
"Through an exploration of the history of male facial hair in England, Alun Withey underscores its complex meanings, medical implications and socio-cultural significance from the mid-17th to the early 20th century. Withey charts the gradual shift in concepts of facial hair, and shaving - away from '...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2021.
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| Series: | Facialities : interdisciplinary approaches to the human face
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Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England 1650-1900 |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Facial hair, health and the body, c.1650-1750 -- The faces of politeness : facial hair, masculinity and culture in the long eighteenth century -- The dominion of the beard, c.1850-1900 -- The medical practices and practitioners of shaving in early modern Britain -- Economies of shaving, c.1650-1750 -- Refining the face : auto- pogonotomy and self-styling, 1750-1900 -- Hairs and graces : barbers, hairdressers and shaving, c.1750-1900 -- The bearded classes : facial hair and social status, 1700-1900 -- Cleanse, cut and control : the institutional history of facial Hair -- The commodification of shaving, 1650-1850 -- Selling shaving in the age of the beard : the market for shaving products, c.1850-1890 -- Conclusion. | |
| 506 | |f Unrestricted online access | ||
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