Author : Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 149852365X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Book Synopsis Beauty, Virtue, Power, and Success in Venezuela 1850–2015 by : Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols
Download or read book Beauty, Virtue, Power, and Success in Venezuela 1850–2015 written by Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.