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Artisans of the Body in Early Modern Italy: Identities, Families and Masculinities (Gender and History)
Artisans of the Body in Early Modern Italy Identities Families and Masculinities - Gender and History
Author: Sandra Cavallo
This groundbreaking study explores the role of those involved in various aspects of the care, comfort, and appearance of the body in 17th and early 18th century Italy. It brings to light the strong cultural affinities and social ties between barber, surgeons, and the apparently distant trades of jeweler, tailor, wigmaker, and upholsterer. Drawin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780719076626
ISBN-10: 0719076625
Publication Date: 3/15/2008
Pages: 320
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: Manchester University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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