Beard fetish in early modern England : sex, gender, and registers of value / Mark Albert Johnston.

  • Johnston, Mark Albert.
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[2011], ©2011
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Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

xii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Contents

Introduction -- Fetish and value -- Beard value and manhood -- The functional value of beardless boys -- Re-evaluating bearded women -- Devaluing the beard: half beards and hermaphrodites -- Epilogue: transcending value.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-290) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    JKM.U.AA5-6
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  • 9781409405429
  • 1409405427
  • 9781409435693
  • 1409435695