Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England

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Author	: Edith Snook
Publisher	: Springer
Total Pages	: 235
Release	: 2011-03-08
ISBN-10	: 9780230302235
ISBN-13	: 0230302238
Rating	: 4/5 (35 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England by : Edith Snook

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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