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La raza cosmética beauty, identity, and settler colonialism in postrevolutionary Mexico /
"La Raza Cósmetica examines postrevolutionary identity construction as a project of settler colonialism that at once appropriated and erased indigeneity. In its critique of Indigenous representation, it also shows how Indigenous women strategically engaged with and resisted these projects as t...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
The University of Arizona Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
Critical issues in indigenous studies. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. La reina de la raza: The Making of the India Bonita
- 2. La Flor más Bella del Ejido: Springtime Maidens, Invented Tradition, and Making a "Modern" Mexico City
- 3. Cine folclórico: From Racial Fantasy to Cinematic Spectacle
- 4. Virgén Xochimilco: Pure Women and Waters in Mexico City's Suburban South
- 5. Doña Luz Jiménez: "The Most Painted Woman in All of Mexico"
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author