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Beauty, virtue, power, and success in Venezuela 1850-2015 / Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nichols, Elizabeth Gackstetter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Venezuela--History.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Women--Venezuela--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women--Venezuela--Identity.
- Sex role--Venezuela--History.
- Sex role.
- Venezuela--Social conditions.
- Venezuela.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; Chapter One: Productive Heterosexuality and Feminine Beauty in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter Two: Mercedes Mutis de Ibarra; Chapter Three: Ana Teresa Ibarra de Guzmán; Part II; Chapter Four: The Ideal Mother; Chapter Five: Teresa de la Parra; Chapter Six: Antonia Palacios; Part III; Chapter Seven: Modern Beauty Pageants and Contests; Chapter Eight: Blonde and Wealthy; Chapter Nine: Stefania Mosca, Belén Valarino, and Lidia Rebrij:; Part IV; Chapter Ten: 100% Chic; Chapter Eleven: "Exotic" and Poor; Chapter Twelve: Plastic Surgery; Conclusion
- BibliographyIndex; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-2365-X
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