{"product_id":"cosmetics-in-shakespearean-and-renaissance-drama-9781474452724","title":"Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRevised and updated critical survey of the field of cosmetics and adornment studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a new analysis of the construction of whiteness as a racial signifier\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides 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 time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes numerous cosmetic recipes from the early modern period found in printed books and never published in a modern edition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12458755\"\u003eFarah Karim-Cooper\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474452724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474452728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT013000\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004120\"\u003eEnglish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT019000\"\u003eRenaissance\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFarah Karim-Cooper is the Head of Higher Education \u0026amp; Research at Shakespeare's Globe and Visiting Research Fellow of King's College London, where she co-convenes the MA in Shakespeare Studies. She is Chair of the Globe Architecture Research Group which oversaw the design and construction of the Globe's indoor Jacobean theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. She was the 2013 Lloyd Davis Visiting Professor at the University of Queensland, and recently the Director of the Globe's international Shakespeare and Race Festival. She has published two monographs, Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama (EUP, 2006) and The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage: Gesture, Touch and the Spectacle of Dismemberment (Arden\/Bloomsbury, 2016). In addition to publishing numerous articles and essays, she has either edited or co-edited 4 essay collections and is general editor of numerous book series. Karim-Cooper served on the British Library's Shakespeare exhibition advisory board; the theatre advisory board for the New Oxford Shakespeare (2016), and as a trustee of the Shakespeare Association of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44572552331501,"sku":"9781474452724","price":53.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_8bd082a4-c4ea-46ff-af25-66ab93218bb4.jpg?v=1701964614","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/cosmetics-in-shakespearean-and-renaissance-drama-9781474452724","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}