Let Not a Red Come in Thy Bed: Construction of Hair in 17th Century England

Let Not a Red Come in Thy Bed: Construction of Hair in 17th Century England Smith, Holly This paper analyzes three seventeenth century English ballads in order to understand the complex factors that contributed to the views and understandings surrounding hair. It was around this time that the view of men and women’s bodies as inversions of each other was beginning to change. The construction of hair in the examined ballads supports the presence of this change.