Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance drama / Farah Karim-Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karim-Cooper, Farah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Cosmetics--History.

Cosmetics.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.) : 17 B/W illustrations

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Revised and updated critical survey of the field of cosmetics and adornment studiesThis revised edition examines how the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries dramatise the Renaissance preoccupation with cosmetics. Farah Karim-Cooper explores the then-contentious issue of female beauty and identifies a 'culture of cosmetics', which finds its visual identity on the early modern stage. She also examines cosmetic recipes and anti-cosmetic literature focusing on their relationship to drama in its representations of gender, race, politics and beauty.Key FeaturesOffers a new analysis of the construction of whiteness as a racial signifierProvides an original insight into women’s cosmetic practice through an exploration of ingredients, methods and materials used to create cosmetics and the perception of make up in Shakespeare’s timeIncludes numerous cosmetic recipes from the early modern period found in printed books and never published in a modern edition

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Defining Beauty in Renaissance Culture

Chapter 2 Early Modern Cosmetic Culture

Chapter 3 Cosmetic Restoration in Jacobean Tragedy

Chapter 4 John Webster and the Culture of Cosmetics

Chapter 5 Jonson’s Cosmetic Ritual

Chapter 6 Cosmetics and Poetics in Shakespearean Comedy

Chapter 7 ‘Deceived with ornament’: Shakespeare’s Venice

Chapter 8 ‘Flattering Unction’: Cosmetics in Hamlet

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-5274-4

1-4744-5273-6