dc.contributor.advisor | Zemke, John | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Da Soller, Claudio, 1958- | eng |
dc.coverage.temporal | To 1500 | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2005 Summer | eng |
dc.description | The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (July 17, 2006) | eng |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2005. | eng |
dc.description | Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Romance languages. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Literary portraits of the beautiful woman in medieval Iberia tend to emphasize several physical features, such as long, blond hair, or light-colored and hairless skin. This study examines the specific features of the beautiful woman in several major works and genres from medieval Iberia. It also traces the rhetorical sources of these portraits to the Classical and medieval Latin traditions, whose influence is evident in other early vernacular literatures of Europe. It then analyzes several medieval cosmetic treatises in Latin and in vernacular languages that attest to medieval women's beautifying practices, such as the use of hair-dyes, depilatories, and skin-whitening creams. The comparison of the literary and cosmetic evidence shows a canonical view of feminine beauty that encompasses different cultural areas in medieval Iberia. This view is also consistent with ancient as well as with twenty-first century conceptions of beauty. The findings suggest that the ideal of feminine beauty in medieval Iberia is not unique, but rather a manifestation of near-universal male preferences shaped by sexual selection in the course of human evolution. | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b55890817 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/4175 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/4175 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Spanish literature -- To 1500 | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Literature, Medieval | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Women in literature | eng |
dc.title | The beautiful woman in medieval Iberia: rhetoric, cosmetics, and evolution | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Romance Languages and Literature (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |