Women, beauty and power in early modern England : a feminist literary history / Edith Snook.
Women, beauty and power in early modern England : a feminist literary history / Edith Snook.
Women, beauty and power in early modern England : a feminist literary history / Edith Snook.
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Publisher
Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Date
2011.
Call Numbers
N820.9/589
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Cosmetics. 'The beautifying part of physic' : women's cosmetic practices in early modern England -- 'Soveraigne receipts', fair beauty, and race in Stuart England -- Clothes. The greatness in good clothes : fashioning subjectivity in Mary Wroth's Urania and Margaret Spencer's account book -- What no...
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Publisher
Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- Engels
- Vrouwen
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what waysskin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals"-- Provided by publisher.
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Women, beauty and power in early modern England : a feminist literary history / Edith Snook.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N820.9/589
Record Identifier
74Vv7vb2GLR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv7vb2GLR3
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ISBN
0230282857 (hardback)
9780230282858 (hardback)
DDC
820.9928709031
MMS ID
991008713789702626
