From Big Screens to Pasarelas
Studying Beauty in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2762823 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adriana Estill (Carleton College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 173-182 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.25222/larr.95 |
| OpenAlex | W2736857936 |
| Language | EN |
This essay reviews the following works:Making Up the Difference: Women, Beauty, and Direct Selling in Ecuador. By Erynn Masi de Casanova. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011. Pp. xix + 239. $55.00 cloth: ISBN: 9780292723863.Dolores del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade. By Linda B. Hall. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013. Pp. xvi + 358. $60 cloth. ISBN: 9780804784078.Queen for a Day: Transformistas, Beauty Queens, and the Performance of Femininity in Venezuela. By Marcia Ochoa. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014. Pp. xi + 277. $24.95 paper. ISBN: 9780822356264.Of Beasts and Beauty: Gender, Race, and Identity in Colombia. By Michael Edward Stanfield. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. Pp. x + 280. $60.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780292745582.Beauty and the Beast. By Michael Taussig. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. Pp. x + 172. $18.00 paper. ISBN: 9780226789866
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Beauty · Biology · Botany · Femininity · Identity (music) · Queen (butterfly) · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media, Gender, and Advertising
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |