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

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Beauty, Virtue, Power, and Success in Venezuela 1850-2015 examines the societal duty of Venezuelan women to display and perform their inner virtue and worth through careful management of their outer physical appearance in four historical moments: 1850-1890, 1910-1950, 1960-1990, and 2000-2015. Since the early 1800's, Venezuelan women-and more specifically, their bodies-have served as physical symbols of homeland, honor, and morality. Nichols contextualizes her study socially and historically by examining the impact of cultural phenomena like nineteenth-century eugenics, scientific motherhood, popular and elite literature, film, beauty pageants, and plastic surgery. This book tells the story of how Venezuelan women have learned to exercise and perform to societal expectations of beauty. Recommended for scholars of Latin American studies, women's studies, gender studies, sociology, and history.
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 Guzman: 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, Belen 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
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