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Sociology 161: Gender Socialization & Fashion

Resources on fashion, gender, and social norms.

Powdered Wigs

Powdered Wigs

Wigs [in Early America]
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Eighteenth-Century Headwear
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The Rise and Fall of the Powdered Wig

Ask History: Wigs of the Founding Fathers (2:25)

Powdered Wigs

Young Thomas Jefferson in a Powdered Wig

Young Thomas Jefferson in a Powdered Wig

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John Hancock in a powdered wig

John Hancock in a powdered wig

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The Five Orders of Periwigs, by William Hogarth

The Five Orders of Periwigs, by William Hogarth

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Thomas Gainsborough, The Morning Walk (Portrait of Mr and Mrs William Hallett), 1785

Thomas Gainsborough, The Morning Walk (Portrait of Mr and Mrs William Hallett), 1785

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Subjects: Social Studies

Tags: clothing, fashion, gender, gender_roles, sociology

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