Face‐Work
Making Hair Matter in Sixteenth‐Century Central Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12226524 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Hanß (0000-0002-7597-6599, The University of Manchester, Manchester United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 314-345 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender & History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0953-5233 • E-ISSN: 1468-0424 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0424.12538 |
| OpenAlex | W3168542223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Bringing gender history, the history of the body and art history into a conversation with material culture studies, this article argues that the sudden fashionability of beards in Renaissance Europe has been intricately linked with a culture of material and visual experimentation. I propose shifting perspectives from a focus on the symbolism of beards towards examining how early modern ways of material engagement with the matter of hair crafted a visual attention to facial hair that made up the sociocultural significance of beards. Focusing on how people made hair matter, I suggest working with the concept of face‐work. In particular, this article maps how the Reformation upheavals and the rise of new visual practices dynamised Renaissance protagonists’ creative engagement with facial hair as a means for staging the self
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Conversation · Early Modern Europe · Face (sociological concept · Focus (optics · Literature · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · The Renaissance · Visual arts · Visual culture · Anthropology · Classics · Communication · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |