Women, beauty and power in early modern england: a feminist literary history
Auteur :
Snook, Edith
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137503688
Date de publication :
8 mars 2011
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.