Genevieve Alva Clutario

Beauty Regimes

A History of Power and Modern Empire in the Philippines, 1898-1941

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Produktbeschreibung

Genevieve Alva Clutario traces how beauty and fashion in the Philippines shaped the intertwined projects of imperial expansion and modern nation building during the turbulent transition between Spanish, US, and Japanese empires.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9781478019640
• ISBN-10: 1478019646
• Artikelnr.: 64141132

Autorenporträt

Genevieve Alva Clutario is Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. A Queen Is Crowned  1
1. Tensions at the Seams: Petty Politics and Sartorial Battles  19
2. Queen Makers: Beauty, Power, and the Development of a Beauty Pageant
Industrial Complex  63
3. Philippine Lingerie: Transnational Filipina Beauty Labor under US
Empire  107
4. Beauty Regimes: Structure, Discipline, and Needlework in Colonial
Industrial Schools and Prisons  139
5. “The Dream of Beauty”: The Terno and the Filipina High-Fashion System 
183
Epilogue. Protectionism and Preparedness under Overlapping Empires  223
Notes  237
Bibliography  287
Index  319