Of Beasts and Beauty
Gender, Race, and Identity in Colombia
All societies around the world and through time value beauty highly. Tracing the evolutions of the Colombian standards of beauty since 1845, Michael Edward Stanfield explores their significance to and symbiotic relationship with violence and inequality in the country. Arguing that beauty holds not only social power but also economic and political power, he positions it as a pacific and inclusive influence in a country ripped apart by violence, private armies, seizures of land, and abuse of governmental authority, one hoping that female beauty could save it from the ravages of the male beast. One specific means of obscuring those harsh realiti…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4773-0222-4
- EAN: 9781477302224
- Produktnummer: 17091505
- Verlag: University of Texas Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 292 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.5 cm 585 g
- Gewicht: 585
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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