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

• Superior document: Facialities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Human Face
• VerfasserIn: Withey, Alun,
• Place / Publishing House: London ; : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2020.; [London, England] : : Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Facialities : interdisciplinary approaches to the human face
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly black and white); digital file(s).

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of 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.