Social Science, Gender Theory and the History of Hair
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2018
Identifier/URL
40258457 (Pure); 85145191382 (QABO)
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https://search.worldcat.org/title/1028637328
Abstract
The author seeks to illuminate points of contact between social scientific theory and the history of facial hair in the West. It offers four general conclusions. First, the cultural meanings of beards and shaving have proved deep-seated and durable, even if not fixed or universal. Second, facial hair and shaving have been used to establish and communicate contrasting social and ideological identities both in a given era and across time. Third, the history of facial hair both supports and amends the theory of ‘hegemonic masculinity’. Finally, beard history illustrates how men of the West in every era have relied on the idealised male body to assert and justify an authoritative model of manliness.
Repository Citation
Oldstone-Moore, C.
(2018). Social Science, Gender Theory and the History of Hair. New Perspectives on the History of Facial Hair: Framing the Face, 15-32.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/history/318
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-73497-2_2
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Publisher Copyright: © 2018, The Author(s).