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Concerning beards : facial hair, health and practice in England 1650-1900

Title
Concerning beards : facial hair, health and practice in England 1650-1900 / Alun Withey.
Author
Withey, Alun
Publication
  • London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xiv, 328 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
"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 'formal' medicine and practice - towards new concepts of hygiene and personal grooming"--
Series Statement
Facialities : interdisciplinary approaches to the human face
Uniform Title
Facialities.
Subject
  • Beards > Social aspects > History. > England
  • Shaving > Social aspects > History. > England
  • England
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-307) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 21-5661
ISBN
  • 9781350127845
  • 1350127841
  • 9781350213012
  • 1350213012
LCCN
  • 2020037930
  • 60002419060
OCLC
1193558802
Author
Withey, Alun, author.
Title
Concerning beards : facial hair, health and practice in England 1650-1900 / Alun Withey.
Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Facialities : interdisciplinary approaches to the human face
Facialities.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-307) and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Withey, Alun, Concerning beards London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 9781350127852 (DLC) 2020037931
Other Standard Identifier
60002419060
Research Call Number
JFE 21-5661
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