Making Miss India Miss World: Constructing Gender, Power, And The Nation In Postliberalization India
by Susan Dewey
2021-01-08 03:13:36
Making Miss India Miss World: Constructing Gender, Power, And The Nation In Postliberalization India
by Susan Dewey
2021-01-08 03:13:36
For almost half a century, the Miss India competition has been a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing, over time, the conventional standard for female beauty. As India participates increasingly in a global economy, that standard i...
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For almost half a century, the Miss India competition has been a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing, over time, the conventional standard for female beauty. As India participates increasingly in a global economy, that standard is gradually being shaped by forces beyond the country’s borders. Through the unexpected lens of the 2003 beauty pageant, Susan Dewey’s Making Miss India Miss World examines what feminine beauty has come to mean in a country transformed by recent political, economic, and cultural developments.
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