Beauty, virtue, power, and success in Venezuela 1850-2015 / by Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols.

Author/creator Nichols, Elizabeth Gackstetter
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Nichols, Elizabeth Gackstetter, author. Beauty, virtue, power, and success in Venezuela 1850-2015 Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498523646
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LCCN 2016031647
ISBN9781498523653 (Electronic)

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