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Plain ugly : the unattractive body in early modern culture / Naomi Baker.

Baker, Naomi, 1974-
2010
PR411 .B35 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Plain ugly : the unattractive body in early modern culture / Naomi Baker.
Author
Baker, Naomi, 1974-
ISBN
9780719068744
0719068746
Published
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Distributor
New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Description
viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
PR411 .B35 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
820.9353
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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