This fascinating and erudite history of facial hair cracks the masculine hair code shedding light on the choices men make as they shape the hair on their faces oldstone moore adeptly lays to rest common misperceptions about beards and vividly illustrates the connection between grooming identity culture and masculinity to a surprising degree we find the history of men is written on their faces. Of beards and men the revealing history of facial hair oldstone moore christopher isbn 9780226284002 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Of beards and men provides a detailed western history of facial hair from full beards to mustaches to clean shaven the author did mention that he would only cover western history hinting that other cultures may be covered later by himself or even us the readers christopher covered the history in chronological order making the history more understandable however he jumped around different locations which got confusing and felt fragmented i loved the c. Remarkably christopher oldstone moores of beards and men the revealing history of facial hair isnt even the first history of beards to come out this century