La Raza Cosmética: Beauty, Identity, and Settler Colonialism in Postrevolutionary Mexico

ISBN-13: 9780816537150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Natasha Varner

Spis treści

• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. La reina de la raza: The Making of the India Bonita
• 2. La Flor más Bella del Ejido: Springtime Maidens, Invented Tradition, and Making a “Modern” Mexico City
• 3. Cine folclórico: From Racial Fantasy to Cinematic Spectacle
• 4. Virgén Xochimilco: Pure Women and Waters in Mexico City’s Suburban South
• 5. Doña Luz Jiménez: “The Most Painted Woman in All of Mexico”
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index