title: Concerning Beards
abstract: <JATS1:p>This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.</JATS1:p> <JATS1:p>Providing a new understanding of the meanings and motivations behind the wearing of beards, moustaches and whiskers, and their associated practices and practitioners, this book provides an important new long-term perspective on health and the male body in British society. It argues that the male face has long been an important site for the articulation of bodily health and vigour, as well as masc
journal: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks