Beauty Regimes
A History of Power and Modern Empire in the Philippines, 1898–1941
«“Peering through a gendered lens, Clutario exposes the complex roles Filipinas played within empire and the fraught establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth. . . . Writing about the wives of politicians, embroiderers, beauty queens, and socialites, Clutario renders beauty as a complex weapon. In the hands of her Filipina subjects, it is deployed with both tenderness and aggression.”»
Alice Sarmiento, Rappler
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Duke University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 352
- ISBN
- 9781478017004
- Utgivelsesår
- 2023
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«“Peering through a gendered lens, Clutario exposes the complex roles Filipinas played within empire and the fraught establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth. . . . Writing about the wives of politicians, embroiderers, beauty queens, and socialites, Clutario renders beauty as a complex weapon. In the hands of her Filipina subjects, it is deployed with both tenderness and aggression.”»
Alice Sarmiento, Rappler
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"A unique book that delivers fresh insights into the American colonial period in the Philippines through the politics of fashion and beauty regimens."
» Mina Roces, Fashion Theory
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