Beards: An Unshaved History, by Kevin Clarke
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“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. 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. The ultimate guide to the history of male facial hair. In English and German!
Beards: An Unshaved History, by Kevin Clarke- Amazon Sales Rank: #270964 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-01
- Original language: German, English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 11.00" h x .70" w x 8.25" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
Review “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
About the Author "Kevin Clarke (*1967) studied musicology and literary history in Berlin and Milan. He did his PhD at Free University Berlin about Emmerich Kálmán and the Transatlantic Operetta. In 2007, his books Glitter and be Gay: Die authentische Operette und ihre schwulen Verehrer [The Authentic Operetta and Its Gay Admirers] as well as Im Weißen Rössl – Auf den Spuren eines Welterfolgs [The White Horse Inn―On the Track of a Global Success.] In 2010, Kevin Clarke curated the exhibition about Erik Charell at Schwules Museum Berlin. Also there, he is one of the curators of the Porn Exhibition in 2014. Since 2006, he conducts the Operetta Research Center Amsterdam. Meanwhile, he is also devoted to gay history and LGBT subjects. 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 Beards―An Unshaved History which is now available in a softcover edition. Prior to that, Porn―From Andy Warhol to X-Tube was published. His last book, The Art of Looking―The Life and Treasures of Collector Charles Leslie (2015) received praise by international LGBT decision makers."
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. "“Forget about glasses, watches, ties, shoes, or hats―the beard is the greatest male accessory of all time.” Thus spoke style expert Mike Yerxa, from MTV’s show 1 Girl 5 Gays, in his “Salute to the Furry-Faced Man” of 2013. Indeed, no matter where you look these days, it seems that you encounter stylish, sexy men with their accessory number one: beards, beards, beards. An unstoppable parade of “unshaven alpha-maleness.” And this in a time where gender boundaries are supposedly becoming more fluid, the classical division between “man” and woman” is breaking down, and where the sexes―including gay, trans, and intersexual people―are supposed to all be equal in the context of “gender mainstreaming.” This recently even led to gender researchers trying to have photos of stag rutting removed from the brochure of the Eifel National Park in Germany because they felt the images of the stags would encourage stereotypical gender roles. Feminists in action. (Sigh!)So why is it that, now, of all times, when stereotypical gender roles are disappearing, more and more men are suddenly sporting beards. Can that be a coincidence?Giles Constable writes in his introduction to a modern edition of the medieval text Apologia de Barbis: “Throughout all of history, every aspect of facial hair has had its own particular meaning, and the way a man shaved his beard was a sign of the way he saw himself and was seen by others.” What, then, do the new bearded men want to look like? Walking Santa Clauses handing out presents all year round? Reborn prehistoric men who roar and screw as if they’ve watched too many episodes of Game of Thrones? A parade of would-be lumberjacks and construction workers combining their beards or mustaches with checked shirts and workwear in order to look like “real men” (or reborn gay clones from the seventies)? Twinky hipsters ironically pairing their beards with cat sweaters and nerdy glasses? Anticapitalist revolutionaries or dropouts who imitate the Taliban beard as a protest against Wall Street and the United States of America? Or is it a kind of reliving of childhood fantasies, a hairy À la recherche du temps perdu?“Who could ever forget the ginger-faced Yukon Cornelius, the lovable prospector who was able to weather the North Pole, tame the Abominable Snowman, and save Rudolph and Christmas all at the same time? Whatta man, whatta man, whatta mighty good man!” says the Canadian Yerxa. The international Amsterdam fashion magazine Fantastic Man, on the other hand, wrote, in a special beard issue, of summer 2013: “Prominence, virility, and wisdom are just some of the powers a beard can lend to its wearer.” Regardless of whether he lives at the North Pole, or elsewhere, “beards are undeniably rugged and handsome.” At least that’s what the smooth-shaven Dutch editors of Fantastic Man think. And they must know what they’re talking about as fashion gurus, right? They used to publish gay cult magazine Butt, which was swarming with bearded retro guys in black and white on pink paper."
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. 2014 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention By 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’t. It also helps that I love men with beards... so for me this is like a coffee table book: one I’d have on display all the time.For those who love looking, caressing, kissing a bear, this books is perfect. I gave it top rate because it's a well put together coffee table book and I know there are so many out there who'd love to entertain themselves browsing through the pages. As far as myself? I'd rather caress a smooth face. Some chest hair don't bother me and maybe a little facial as well but not the bushy, full grown beard. Overall, this is a good book and quite informative. Mr. Clarke selected a very good array of models most of whom I find quite attractive.
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