Beauty, virtue, power, and success in Venezuela 1850-2015 /

Beauty, Virtue, Power, and Success in Venezuela 1850-2015 examines how Venezuelan women have learned to exercise and perform to societal expectations of beauty in four historical moments: 1850-1890, 1910-1950, 1960-1990, and 2000-2015.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nichols, Elizabeth Gackstetter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Temas:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > Venezuela > History.
Women > Venezuela > Social conditions.
Women > Venezuela > Identity.
Sex role > Venezuela > History.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) > Venezuela > Histoire.
Femmes > Venezuela > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Venezuela > Identité.
Rôle selon le sexe > Venezuela > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Sex role
Social conditions
Women > Identity
Women > Social conditions
Venezuela > Social conditions.
Venezuela > Conditions sociales.
Venezuela
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Productive heterosexuality and feminine beauty in the nineteenth century
  • Mercedes Mutis de Ibarra: the powerlessness of old age
  • Ana Teresa Ibarra de Guzmán: the (irate) caged bird
  • The ideal mother: decent girls with good hair in the early twentieth century
  • Teresa de la Parra: the arduous duty to appear beautiful
  • Antonia Palacios: learning to be decente
  • Modern beauty pageants and contests: individual and collective identity
  • Blonde and wealthy: strategic beauty
  • Stefania Mosca, Belén Valarino, and Lidia Rebrij: cosmo girls
  • 100% chic: dressing well to guarantee success in the twenty-first century
  • "Exotic" and poor: practical beauty
  • Plastic surgery: beauty and consumption in twenty-first century Venezuela.

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