En pos de la belleza. Cuidado de rostro y cabellos en el corpus textual hebreo de medicina

Carmen Caballero Navas; Meritxell Blasco Orellana

doi:10.30827/dynamis.v43i1.28965

Authors

Carmen Caballero Navas Universidad de Granada https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1677-1427
Meritxell Blasco Orellana Universidad de Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5691-8847

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/dynamis.v43i1.28965

Keywords:

Hebrew medicine, adornment of the body, recipe books, medical books, loose recipes

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary results of ongoing research into three Hebrew textual genres or typologies that have cosmetic content and have been little studied to date, including recipe books, general medical books, and loose recipes. The analysis focused on recipes and procedures that deal with care of the face and hair, about which all show a striking concern. On one hand, we examine the various purposes of the recipes and describe the ingredients, techniques, and procedures. On the other, we examine how cosmetic knowledge and techniques are articulated in different medical contexts, which are not always apparently aimed at women’s health but take place within discourses of sexual difference and at the intersection of gender, class, and ethnicity.

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