A Closer Shave: Man's Daily Search for Perfection

Wallace G. Pinfold

ISBN 10: 1579651364 / ISBN 13: 9781579651367

Verlag: Artisan, 1999

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Inhaltsangabe:

There he is again, the hairy beast in the mirror!

Not every man in the world begins his day by removing the night's stubble from his jaw, but 93 percent of the male population thinks taming the monster is the first order of business every morning. Since man invented metal--shortly after he started walking upright--he has sought to scrape stubble from his face without skinning himself alive.

In A Closer Shave, Wallace Pinfold takes the reader on a multicultural, multicentury, and multifaceted tour of the human face as seen from the stainless steel railway of the razor. Through more than 200 photographs and illustrations, cartoons and wood blocks, paintings and advertisements, the story of the shave unfolds, from how to trim a moustache, use a brush, and banish foggy mirrors to famous beards and bald guys in history, to the obsession with shaved heads in professional sports.

This witty little book takes a fast, furious, and funny look at the history of getting a closer, smoother, easier shave--and proves in the process that the male capacity for preening and self-absorption should never be underestimated.

Von der hinteren Coverseite: Not every man in the world begins his day by removing the night's production from his jaw, but 93 percent of the male population thinks shaving is the first order of business every morning. Since man invented metal--shortly after he started walking upright--he has sought to scrape the stubble from his face without skinning himself alive.

In A Closer Shave, Wallace Pinfold takes the reader on a multicultural, multicentury, and multifaceted tour of the human face as seen from the stainless steel railway of the razor. Through more than 125 photographs and illustrations, cartoons and wood blocks, paintings and advertisements, the story of the shave unfolds, from how to trim a beard, prevent razor bumps, and choose an aftershave to the impact of the safety razor on the modern man and the traditional barbershop, to famous beards and bald guys in history.

This witty little book takes a fast, furious, and funny look at the history of getting a closer, smoother, easier shave--and proves in the process that the male capacity for preening and self-absorption should never be underestimated.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Closer Shave: Man's Daily Search for ...
Verlag: Artisan
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket