Women, beauty and power in early modern England
Author OL1424792A
"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"--
Subjects
WomenEnglish literatureBeauty, Personal, in literatureHistory and criticismSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's StudiesEngelsVrouwenWomen authorsLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshIntellectual lifeHISTORY / Modern / 16th CenturyWomen in literatureEnglish fiction, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700English literature, women authors