Of Beasts and Beauty : Gender, Race, and Identity in Colombia /

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The author presents a detailed investigation of the concept of beauty in Colombia -- its cultural and political origins, its expression through fashion and pageants, and its effect on the people of a country plagued by violence, inequality, and corruption.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Stanfield, Michael Edward, 1957-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2013]
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Women.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Nationalism.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Beauty contests.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Nationalisme > Colombie > Histoire.
Femmes > Colombie > Histoire.
Concours de beaute > Colombie > Histoire.
Beaute feminine (Esthetique) > Colombie > Histoire.
Nationalism > Colombia > History.
Women > Colombia > History.
Beauty contests > Colombia > History.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > Colombia > History.
Colombia.
Colombie > Politique et gouvernement.
Colombie > Conditions sociales.
Colombie > Histoire > 1810-
Colombia > Politics and government.
Colombia > Social conditions.
Colombia > History > 1810-
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Setting
  • "La mujer reina pero no gobierna," 1845-1885
  • Bicycle race, 1885-1914
  • Apparent modernity, 1914-1929
  • Liberal beauty, 1930-1948
  • Exclusive beasts, 1948-1958
  • From Miss Universe to the anti-reina, 1958-1968
  • Static government, social evolution, 1968-1979
  • Pulchritude, the palacio, and power, 1979-1985.

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