Of beasts and beauty [[electronic resource] ] : gender, race, and identity in Colombia / / by Michael Edward Stanfield

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463751003321
• Autore: Stanfield Michael Edward <1957->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-292-74559-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.409861
• Soggetti: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) - Colombia - History; Beauty contests - Colombia - History; Women - Colombia - History; Nationalism - Colombia - History; Electronic books.; Colombia History 1810-; Colombia Social conditions; Colombia Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "La mujer reina pero no gobierna," 1845-1885 -- Bicycle race, 1885-1914 -- Apparent modernity, 1914-1929 -- Liberal beauty, 1930-1948 -- Exclusive beasts, 1948-1958 -- From Miss Universe to the anti-reina, 1958-1968 -- Static government, social evolution, 1968-1979 -- Pulchritude, the palacio, and power, 1979-1985.