Beards: An Unshaved History
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (866 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3959850018 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-26 |
| Language | : | German, English |
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"2012014 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention Elisa This book was not only about the visual but also told a story. That made the work much more compelling.Gorgeous photography, interesting and well-written as well as informative.Oh my word. This was amazing. Holy smokes!! This was like an art history class. Wow. With this and the Bear Bards poetry book one could teach a college level course on what it means to be a ‘bear’ in the modern world. Wow. Did I say wow?I love books like this. I actually collect them and the visual effect just kept me drawn to each page. I loved reading all the information. I know some people might find it boring, but I don&r. Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention" according to Elisa. This book was not only about the visual but also told a story. That made the work much more compelling.Gorgeous photography, interesting and well-written as well as informative.Oh my word. This was amazing. Holy smokes!! This was like an art history class. Wow. With this and the Bear Bards poetry book one could teach a college level course on what it means to be a ‘bear’ in the modern world. Wow. Did I say wow?I love books like this. I actually collect them and the visual effect just kept me drawn to each page. I loved reading all the information. I know some people might find it boring, but I don&r
“Fascinating details and a great array of photographs.” – Graeme Aitken, DNA Magazine“Beautifully illustrated.” – Out Magazine“Up-to-date, ironic, fancy.” – Manuel Bug, Die Welt
In addition to his view on the clones of the 1970s and their recent return, there are interviews and facts about beards as well as photographs showing how beautiful a man’s beard can be. In English and German!. The ultimate guide to the history of male facial hair. “Why is it that, 100,000 years ago, our ancestors started removing hair from their faces and bodies, using stone tweezers and shells? Why did gays adopt the beard as a sign of liberation in the 1970s? And why is everyone wearing beards again today, from Taliban to hipsters, bankers to fashion models? This book is a journey through time, ideologies, and changing styles, and asks the perennial question: What makes a man a man?” These are questions Kevin Clarke explores in his groundbreaking cultural history book Beards
During fall semester 2013/14 at University of Vienna, he taught a gender course about operetta (“… and a bit queer as well!”) It was in Vienna as well that he curated the exhibition World of the Operetta for the Theatermuseum, featuring the section “The Origin of the Operetta out of the Notion of Pornography.” In 2013, Bruno Gmünder published his book BeardsAn Unshaved History which is now available in a softcover edition. Also there, he is one of the curato