TY - JOUR
T1 - First impressions
T2 - Newspaper advertisements and early modern English body imaging, 1651-1750
AU - Dawson, Mark S.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - The article discusses early modern newspaper advertisements from publications of London, England dated from 1651-1750, focusing on how they represent popular notions of body images. The ideas of the four humors of blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile representing personal characteristics is considered. A database of wanteds, or advertisements searching for people, is divided into groups including criminals, missing domestics, and military deserters. The author considers who was responsible for giving physical descriptions placed in advertisements and their social status.
AB - The article discusses early modern newspaper advertisements from publications of London, England dated from 1651-1750, focusing on how they represent popular notions of body images. The ideas of the four humors of blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile representing personal characteristics is considered. A database of wanteds, or advertisements searching for people, is divided into groups including criminals, missing domestics, and military deserters. The author considers who was responsible for giving physical descriptions placed in advertisements and their social status.
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U2 - 10.1086/658186
DO - 10.1086/658186
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9371
VL - 50
SP - 277
EP - 306
JO - Journal of British Studies
JF - Journal of British Studies
IS - 2
ER -