Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England: A Feminist Literary History

Snook, Edith

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-03-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230282858

DOI: 10.1057/9780230302235

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 230