Productive heterosexuality and feminine beauty in the nineteenth century -- Mercedes Mutis de Ibarra: the powerlessness of old age -- Ana Teresa Ibarra de Guzmán: the (irate) caged bird -- The ideal mother: decent girls with good hair in the early twentieth century -- Teresa de la Parra: the arduous duty to appear beautiful -- Antonia Palacios: learning to be decente -- Modern beauty pageants and contests: individual and collective identity -- Blonde and wealthy: strategic beauty -- Stefania Mosca, Belén Valarino, and Lidia Rebrij: cosmo girls -- 100% chic: dressing well to guarantee success in the twenty-first century -- "Exotic" and poor: practical beauty -- Plastic surgery: beauty and consumption in twenty-first century Venezuela
Summary
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
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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