Listen to Kristen Barber discuss her new book, Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Inequality in the Men’s Grooming Industry, and the fate of the barbershop with Virginia Prescott for New Hampshire Public Radio’s “Word of Mouth.”
There is a time-honored place where the smell of talcum powder fills the air, where the straight-edge razor is still a sacred tool, where the burn of after shave is tempered by the refreshing cocoon of a hot towel. And where, and of course, guys can be guys. We’re talking about old-school barbershops.