Introduction -- La reina de la raza : the making of the India Bonita -- La Flor mas Bella del Ejido : springtime maidens, invented tradition, and making a "modern" Mexico City -- Cine folclorico : from racial fantasy to cinematic spectacle -- Virgen Xochimilco : pure women and waters in Mexico City's suburban south -- Dona Luz Jimenez : "the most painted woman in all of Mexico" -- Conclusion
Summary:
"La Raza Cosmetica examines postrevolutionary identity construction as a project of settler colonialism that at once appropriated and erased indigeneity. In its critique of Indigenous representation, it also shows how Indigenous women strategically engaged with and resisted these projects as they played out in beauty pageants, films, tourism, art, and other realms of popular culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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