[PDF.86ct] Of Beasts and Beauty: Gender, Race, and Identity in Colombia

Of Beasts and Beauty: Gender, Race, and Identity in Colombia

[PDF.gn01] Of Beasts and Beauty: Gender, Race, and Identity in Colombia

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 | #1690813 in Books |  2014-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,.87 | File type: PDF | 292 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Beauty as the Veneer of Society|By Jeremiah Norris|Prof. Stanfield takes readers through a literary odyssey in Colombia's socio-economic and political history, many elements of which I missed when living there for three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the early 1960s. HIs time period goes back to 1825, when the country's total population was 1.3 million--35% of them Indian.| |"The book is successful as an overview of the nation's history, society, and the development of beauty pageants within its borders, and it provides a rich, well-written narrative that is enjoyable to read and full of interesting insights into Colombian culture

All societies around the world and through time value beauty highly. Tracing the evolutions of the Colombian standards of beauty since 1845, Michael Edward Stanfield explores their significance to and symbiotic relationship with violence and inequality in the country. Arguing that beauty holds not only social power but also economic and political power, he positions it as a pacific and inclusive influence in a country “ripped apart by violence, private armies, s...

You easily download any file type for your device.Of Beasts and Beauty: Gender, Race, and Identity in Colombia   |  Michael Edward Stanfield.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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