Title: Women, beauty and power in early modern England
Description: "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: Women, English literature, Beauty, Personal, in literature, History and criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Engels, Vrouwen, Women authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Intellectual life, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, Women in literature, English fiction, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, English literature, women authors, Women, great britain, Great britain, intellectual life, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, Women and literature
Places: England
Time periods: Early modern, 1500-1700