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Of Beards and Men : The Revealing History of Facial Hair by Christopher Oldstone-Moore is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Of Beards and Men : The Revealing History of Facial Hair about?
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 toda
Who reads Of Beards and Men : The Revealing History of Facial Hair?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Christopher Oldstone-Moore
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226284149
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Social Science, Folklore
- Rating
- 3.64 / 5 (69 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13