Genevieve Alva Clutario traces how beauty and fashion in the Philippines shaped the intertwined projects of imperial expansion and modern nation building during the turbulent transition between Spanish, US, and Japanese empires.
Genevieve Alva Clutario traces how beauty and fashion in the Philippines shaped the intertwined projects of imperial expansion and modern nation building during the turbulent transition between Spanish, US, and Japanese empires.
Genevieve Alva Clutario is Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction. A Queen Is Crowned 1 1. Tensions at the Seams: Petty Politics and Sartorial Battles 19 2. Queen Makers: Beauty, Power, and the Development of a Beauty Pageant Industrial Complex 63 3. Philippine Lingerie: Transnational Filipina Beauty Labor under US Empire 107 4. Beauty Regimes: Structure, Discipline, and Needlework in Colonial Industrial Schools and Prisons 139 5. “The Dream of Beauty”: The Terno and the Filipina High-Fashion System 183 Epilogue. Protectionism and Preparedness under Overlapping Empires 223 Notes 237 Bibliography 287 Index 319
Acknowledgments ix Introduction. A Queen Is Crowned 1 1. Tensions at the Seams: Petty Politics and Sartorial Battles 19 2. Queen Makers: Beauty, Power, and the Development of a Beauty Pageant Industrial Complex 63 3. Philippine Lingerie: Transnational Filipina Beauty Labor under US Empire 107 4. Beauty Regimes: Structure, Discipline, and Needlework in Colonial Industrial Schools and Prisons 139 5. “The Dream of Beauty”: The Terno and the Filipina High-Fashion System 183 Epilogue. Protectionism and Preparedness under Overlapping Empires 223 Notes 237 Bibliography 287 Index 319
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