Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty by Lincoln, Margarette

Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty

A colourful account of women's health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today's viral...
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Author: Margarette Lincoln
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Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty by Lincoln, Margarette

Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty

$88.51

Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty

$88.51
Author: Margarette Lincoln
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A colourful account of women's health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today's viral trends

Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s balloon corsets were all the rage, designed to make the wearer appear pregnant. Women of the eighteenth century applied blood from a black cat's tail to problem skin, while doctors in the 1880s promoted woollen underwear to keep colds at bay. Beautification and the pursuit of health may seem all-consuming today, but their history is long and fantastically varied.

Ranging across the last four hundred years, Margarette Lincoln examines women's health and beauty in fascinating detail. Through first-hand accounts and reports of physicians, quacks, and advertising, Lincoln captures women's lived experience of consuming beauty products, and the excitement--and trauma--of adopting the latest fashion trends.

Considering everything from body sculpture, diet, and exercise to skin, teeth, and hair, Perfection is a vibrant account of women's body-fashioning--and shows how intimately these practices are related to community and identity throughout history.

Author: Margarette Lincoln
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 10/29/2024
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780300264586


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2024

About the Author
Margarette Lincoln is a visiting researcher at the University of Portsmouth, and curator emerita of the National Maritime Museum. She is the author of numerous books, including London and the Seventeenth Century and Trading in War, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson Prize.

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