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Author Stanfield, Michael Edward, 1957-

Title Of beasts and beauty : gender, race, and identity in Colombia / by Michael Edward Stanfield
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, [2013]

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Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Colombia -- History
Beauty contests -- Colombia -- History
Women -- Colombia -- History
Nationalism -- Colombia -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
Beauty contests
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Nationalism
Politics and government
Social conditions
Women
SUBJECT Colombia -- History -- 1810- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028493
Colombia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028521
Colombia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028504
Subject Colombia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780292745599
0292745591
9782920745582
2920745581