Beauty Regimes : A History of Power and Modern Empire in the Philippines, 1898-1941 /

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"In Beauty Regimes, Genevieve Clutario reveals how beauty politics in the Philippines created new relationships between colonial institutions, private industries, and diverse social worlds. During the turbulent transition between Spanish, US, and Japanese empires and the anti-colonial nationali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clutario, Genevieve Alva, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Colonization > Social aspects.
Clothing and dress > Social aspects.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects.
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
Clothing and dress > Political aspects > Philippines.
Clothing and dress > Social aspects > Philippines.
Beauty, Personal > Political aspects > Philippines.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > Philippines.
Philippines.
Philippines > Colonization > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A queen is crowned
  • Tensions at the seams : petty politics and sartorial battles
  • Queen makers : beauty, power, and the development of a beauty pageant industrial complex
  • Philippine lingerie : transnational Filipina beauty labor under US empire
  • Beauty regimens : structure, discipline, and needlework in colonial industrial schools and prisons
  • "The dream of beauty" : the terno and the Filipina high-fashion system
  • Epilogue: Protectionism and preparedness under overlapping empires.

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