ISBN:
9780822376996
,
0822376997
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xi, 282 pages)
Series Statement:
Perverse modernities / a series edited by Judith Halberstam and LIsa Lowe
Series Statement:
Perverse modernities / a series edited by Judith Halberstam and LIsa Lowe
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ochoa, Marcia, 1970 - Queen for a day
DDC:
306.76/8
Keywords:
Transsexuals
;
Beauty contestants
;
Femininity
;
Transsexuals ; Venezuela
;
Beauty contestants ; Venezuela
;
Femininity ; Venezuela
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Venezuela
;
Schönheitswettbewerb
;
Schönheitskönigin
;
Weiblichkeit
;
Transgender
;
Performativität
;
Venezuela
;
Schönheitswettbewerb
;
Schönheitskönigin
;
Weiblichkeit
;
Transgender
;
Performativität
;
Ethnologie
Abstract:
Introducing ... the queen -- Belleza Venezolana: media, race, modernity, and nation in the twentieth-century Venezuelan beauty contest -- La moda nace en Paris y muere en Caracas: fashion, beauty, and consumption on the (trans)national -- La reina de la noche: performance, sexual subjectivity, and the form of the beauty -- Pageant in Venezuela -- Pasarelas y perolones: transformista mediations on avenida libertador in Caracas -- Sacar el cuerpo : transformista and Miss Embodiment -- Spectacular femininities -- Epilogue: democracy and melodrama: frivolity, fracaso, and political violence in Venezuela.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
DOI:
10.1215/9780822376996
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822376996
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822376996?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822376996
URL:
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822376996
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