| Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England: A Feminist Literary History 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Snook, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137503688 ISBN-13: 9781137503688 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 820.992 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.63 lbs) 230 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what ways skin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals. |