Beard fetish in early modern England
Subtitle: sex, gender, and registers of value
By: by Mark Albert Johnston
Series: Women and gender in the early modern world
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781409405429; 9781409435693
Subjects: Fetishism in literature; Beards; Beards in literature; English literature; History and criticism; Values in literature; Sex in literature; Gender identity in literature; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fetish and value; title: Beard value and manhood; title: The functional value of beardless boys; title: Re-evaluating bearded women; title: Devaluing the beard: half beards and hermaphrodites; title: Epilogue: transcending value.