The Bearded Gentleman: The Style Guide to Shaving Face

Peterkin, Allan; Burns, Nick

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010

1551523434 / 9781551523439

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Appears NEW AND UNREAD! Gift quality. Allan Peterkin is a Canadian physician, writer, and cultural historian whose work has ranged across medicine, psychiatry, and cultural commentary with a consistent interest in the intersection of personal appearance, identity, and social meaning. He has demonstrated across his published work an ability to move fluently between serious scholarly engagement with cultural and medical subjects and the more accessible register of popular non fiction writing aimed at a general readership, and his interest in the cultural history of grooming and personal appearance reflects a broader intellectual curiosity about how physical self presentation shapes and is shaped by social identity, cultural norms, and individual psychology. Nick Burns brought to the collaboration complementary expertise and perspective that enriched the practical and cultural dimensions of the subject, combining with Peterkin's cultural historical approach to produce a work that balanced informational substance with visual appeal and accessible presentation. The Bearded Gentleman is a style guide and cultural history of the beard and male facial grooming, examining the subject from the dual perspectives of practical grooming guidance and broader cultural and historical commentary on the meanings and significance that beards and facial hair have carried across different periods and cultural contexts. The combination of practical style advice with cultural historical depth reflects an approach that acknowledges the subject as simultaneously a matter of everyday personal practice and a surprisingly rich vehicle for exploring questions about masculinity, identity, fashion, and social convention across human history. The cultural history of the beard proves to be one of considerable richness and complexity when examined seriously, as facial hair has functioned across human societies and historical periods as a powerful marker of masculinity, social status, religious identity, professional affiliation, generational belonging, and political allegiance. The beard has been alternatively celebrated as a symbol of wisdom, authority, and virile masculinity and condemned as a mark of barbarism, uncleanliness, or social nonconformity, with attitudes shifting dramatically across different periods and cultural contexts in ways that reveal a great deal about the broader social values and anxieties of the societies in which those attitudes prevailed. The practical style guide dimension of the book addresses the techniques, tools, and products associated with beard cultivation and maintenance alongside the broader questions of how different beard styles suit different facial types and personal aesthetics, providing readers with the kind of concrete and actionable grooming guidance that distinguishes a style guide from a purely historical or cultural study. This practical content reflects an awareness that readers coming to the book are likely motivated as much by a desire to improve or inform their own grooming practice as by purely historical or cultural curiosity. The publication sits within a broader revival of interest in traditional male grooming practices and beard culture that became increasingly visible in popular culture from the early years of the twenty first century onward, as attitudes toward male facial hair shifted significantly and the cultivation of beards moved from the margins of male grooming fashion toward a more mainstream and culturally celebrated position. A publication combining historical depth with practical guidance was well positioned to serve the interests of readers participating in or curious about this cultural shift and seeking both the practical knowledge and the broader cultural context that would inform their engagement with the subject.…

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Titre
The Bearded Gentleman: The Style Guide to Shaving Face
Auteur
Peterkin, Allan; Burns, Nick
Éditeur
Arsenal Pulp Press
Année de publication
2010
État de l'article
As New
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1551523434
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781551523439
Catalogues du vendeur
.Diet, Food, Drink, Health & Fitness - Diet Health, .Self-Help, Personal Growth, Motivation, Love, .Social Sciences - Sociology

Turtle Creek Books and Sheet Music

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