Of Beards And Men

Author : Christopher Oldstone-Moore
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022647920X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Beards and Men written by Christopher Oldstone-Moore and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beards—they’re all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair is everywhere. The New York Times traces this hairy trend to Big Apple hipsters circa 2005 and reports that today some New Yorkers pay thousands of dollars for facial hair transplants to disguise patchy, juvenile beards. And in 2014, blogger Nicki Daniels excoriated bearded hipsters for turning a symbol of manliness and power into a flimsy fashion statement. The beard, she said, has turned into the padded bra of masculinity. Of Beards and Men makes the case that today’s bearded renaissance is part of a centuries-long cycle in which facial hairstyles have varied in response to changing ideals of masculinity. Christopher Oldstone-Moore explains that the clean-shaven face has been the default style throughout Western history—see Alexander the Great’s beardless face, for example, as the Greek heroic ideal. But the primacy of razors has been challenged over the years by four great bearded movements, beginning with Hadrian in the second century and stretching to today’s bristled resurgence. The clean-shaven face today, Oldstone-Moore says, has come to signify a virtuous and sociable man, whereas the beard marks someone as self-reliant and unconventional. History, then, has established specific meanings for facial hair, which both inspire and constrain a man’s choices in how he presents himself to the world. This fascinating and erudite history of facial hair cracks the masculine hair code, shedding light on the choices men make as they shape the hair on their faces. Oldstone-Moore adeptly lays to rest common misperceptions about beards and vividly illustrates the connection between grooming, identity, culture, and masculinity. To a surprising degree, we find, the history of men is written on their faces.

Author : Thomas S. Gowing
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Beards written by Thomas S. Gowing and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Philosophy of Beards" (A Lecture Physiological, Artistic & Historical) by Thomas S. Gowing. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Allan Peterkin
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
ISBN 13 : 9781551521077
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Thousand Beards written by Allan Peterkin and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every man has the capacity to grow facial hair, but the decision to do so has always come with layers of meaning. Facial hair has traditionally marked a passage into manhood, but its manifestations have been determined by class, religion, history and occupational status. In the end, the act of displaying facial hair is still regarded as a form of ultimate cool. With wit and insight, One Thousand Beards delves into the historical, contemporary and cultural meaning of facial hair in all of its forms, complete with numerous photographs and illustrations.

Author : Jack Passion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615291598
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Facial Hair Handbook written by Jack Passion and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reigning world champion of beards, Jack Passion, takes the reader through the lifecycle of growing, grooming, getting rid of facial hair. The decision to grow, how to style, and even what to say to women who don't like a beard are all topics covered in the most definitive guide to facial hair ever written.

Author : Greg Salvatori
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781364868659
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beards of New York written by Greg Salvatori and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beards of New York is a portrait series that captures the individuality, the fashion, and the sexiness of the contemporary beard. The collection showcases the beard’s many shapes and styles worn by a diverse mix of everyday New Yorkers from Wall Street traders to East Village barmen, to Broadway actors and Upper East Side doctors.Greg Salvatori transforms each man into a sexy and playful study of modern masculinity. With these stunning portraits of men, radiant against the candy pink background and hints of glitter, Greg Salvatori taps into the lumbersexual aesthetic while asking how the beard makes the man.

Author : Joseph D. R. OLeary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989823104
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Beards and Men written by Joseph D. R. OLeary and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anastasia Founce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989823111
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Beards and Men written by Anastasia Founce and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Evans
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319734970
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Perspectives on the History of Facial Hair written by Jennifer Evans and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a range of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to re-examine the histories of facial hair and its place in discussions of gender, the military, travel and art, amongst others. Chapters in the first section of the collection explore the intricate history of beard wearing and shaving, including facial hair fashions in long historical perspective, and the depiction of beards in portraiture. Section Two explores the shifting meanings of the moustache, both as a manly symbol in the nineteenth century, and also as the focus of the material culture of personal grooming. The final section of the collection charts the often-complex relationship between men, women and facial hair. It explores how women used facial hair to appropriate masculine identity, and how women’s own hair was read as a sign of excessive and illicit sexuality.

Author : Thomas S. Gowing
Publisher : Aegitas
ISBN 13 : 0369405420
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Beards. A Lecture Physiological, Artistic and Historical written by Thomas S. Gowing and published by Aegitas. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eccentric Victorian book argues a strong case for the universal wearing of a beard – that essential symbol of manly distinction since ancient times. Thomas S. Gowing contrasts the vigour and daring of bearded men through history with the undeniable effeminacy of the clean-shaven. He reminds the modern man that and 'ladies, by their very nature, like everything manly and ', and cannot fail to be charmed by a and 'fine flow of curling comeliness and '.

Author : T. S. Gowing
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983515866
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Beards written by T. S. Gowing and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Beard makes its appearance simultaneously with one of the most important natural changes in man's con- stitution, it has in all ages been regarded as the ensign of manliness. All the leading races of men, whether of warm or cold climates, who have stamped their character on history - Egyptians, Indians, Jews, Assyrians, Baby- lonians, Persians, Arabs, Greeks, Komans, Celts, Turks, Scandinavians, Sclaves - were furnished with an abundant growth of this natural covering. Their enterprizes were accordingly distinguished by a corresponding vigour and daring. The fact, too, is indisputable, that their hardiest efforts were cotemporaneous with the existence of their beards.