Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols

Beauty, Virtue, Power, and Success in Venezuela 1850-2015

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9781498523646
• ISBN-10: 1498523641
• Artikelnr.: 45008152

Autorenporträt

By Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: 1850-1890 Chapter 1: Productive Heterosexuality and Feminine Beauty
in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 2: Mercedes Mutis de Ibarra: The
Powerlessness of Old Age Chapter 3: Ana Teresa Ibarra de Guzmán: The
(Irate) Caged Bird Part II: 1910-1950 Chapter 4: The Ideal Mother: Decent
Girls with Good Hair in the Early Twentieth Century Chapter 5: Teresa de la
Parra: The Arduous Duty to Appear Beautiful Chapter 6: Antonia Palacios:
Learning to Be Decente Part III: 1960-1999 Chapter 7: Modern Beauty
Pageants and Contests: Individual and Collective Identity Chapter 8: Blonde
and Wealthy: Strategic Beauty Chapter 9: Stefania Mosca, Belén Valarino,
and Lidia Rebrij: Cosmo Girls Part IV: 2000-2015 Chapter 10: 100% Chic:
Dressing Well to Guarantee Success in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 11:
"Exotic" and Poor: Practical Beauty Chapter 12: Plastic Surgery: Beauty and
Consumption in Twenty-First Century Venezuela