Global Beauty, Local Bodies [electronic resource] /
Jafar, A.editor.
Casanova, E.editor.
This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of what it means to be, have, or aspire to a beautiful body.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Bodies, Beauty, and Location: An Introduction; 1 Refashioning Global Bodies: Cosmopolitan Femininities in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and the Vietnamese Sex Industry; 2 Aesthetic Labor, Racialization, and Aging in Tijuana's Cosmopolitan Sex Industry; 3 In Praise of Big Noses (Personal Reflection); 4 ¡Más que un Bocado! (More Than a Mouthful): Comparing Hooters in the United States and Colombia; 5 Most Days I'm Beautiful : A Reflection on Skin and Body Hair in Cambodia (Personal Reflection)
6 Reproducing Beauty: Creating Somali Women in a Global Diaspora7 The Before-and-After Template: Researching and Reflecting on Body Image Concerns in Globalizing India (Personal Reflection); 8 Metrosexuality as a Body Discourse: Masculinity and Sports Stars in Global and Local Contexts; References; Notes on Contributors; Index
This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of what it means to be, have, or aspire to a beautiful body.
Political sociology.
Human Geography.
Sociology.
Human body-Social aspects.
Political Sociology.
Human Geography.
Gender Studies.
Sociology of the Body.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology, general.