Bellissima : feminine beauty and the idea of Italy /
Gundle, Stephen,1956-
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-291) and index.
Italy, the land of beauty -- The blonde aura of Queen Margherita -- The rise of professional beauty -- Fascism and the allure of the female image -- Beauty and national identity after the Second World War -- Catholics, communists and beauty contests -- The female film stars of the 1950s -- Mass consumption and ideals of beauty -- Emancipation, eroticism and nostalgia -- Beauty and ethnicity in the age of globalisation -- The return of the 'bella italiana'.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
National characteristics, Italian.