Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England 1650-1900

by Alun Withey

This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Providing a new understanding of the meanings and motivations behind the wearing of beards, moustaches and whiskers, and their associated practices and practitioners, this book provides an important new long-term perspective on health and the male body in British society. It argues that the male face has long been an important site for the articulation of bodily...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350127841
• ISBN13: 9781350127845
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"