Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England

Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9780230302235
ISBN-13 : 0230302238
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Book Synopsis Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England by : Edith Snook

Download or read book Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England written by Edith Snook and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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