Concerning beards [electronic resource] : facial hair, health and practice in England 1650-1900 / Alun Withey.

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Withey, Alun (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Series:Facialities : interdisciplinary approaches to the human face
Subjects:
Beards > Social aspects > England > History.
Shaving > Social aspects > England > History.
Online Access:
Bloomsbury Open Access: 2021 (Digital Object Identifier Permalink)
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks): 2021 (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books: 2021 (Directory of Open Access Books)
Variant Title:
Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England 1650-1900
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.