Global Beauty, Local Bodies

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-47839-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 185 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2727 g

This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of what it means to be, have, or aspire to a beautiful body.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Casanova, E.

Jafar, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Bodies, Beauty, and Location: An Introduction; Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova 1. Refashioning Global Bodies: Cosmopolitan Femininities in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and the Vietnamese Sex Industry 1; Oluwakemi M. Balogun and Kimberly Kay Hoang 2. Aesthetic Labor, Racialization, and Aging in Tijuana's Cosmopolitan Sex Industry; Susanne Hofmann 3. In Praise of Big Noses (Personal Reflection); Persis M. Karim 4. ¡M á s que un Bocado! (More Than a Mouthful): Comparing Hooters in the United States and Colombia; Michelle Newton-Francis and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz 5. Most Days I'm Beautiful: A Reflection on Skin and Body Hair in Cambodia (Personal Reflection); Kaija Bergen 6. Reproducing Beauty: Creating Somali Women in a Global Diaspora; Lucy Lowe 7. The Before-and-After Template: Researching and Reflecting on Body Image Concerns in Globalizing India (Personal Reflection); Jaita Talukdar 8. Metrosexuality as a Body Discourse: Masculinity and Sports Stars in Global and Local Contexts; Jan Wickman and Fredrik Langeland References Notes on Contributors Index

Über Autor(innen)

Oluwakemi M. Balogun, Pomona College, USA

Kimberly Kay Hoang, Boston College, USA

Susanne Hofmann, The University of Manchester, UK

Persis M. Karim, San Jose State University, USA

Michelle Newton-Francis, American University, USA

Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, American University, USA

Kaija Bergen, Kampot Provincial Teacher Training College, Cambodia

Lucy Lowe, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Jaita Talukdar, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA

Jan Wickman, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Fredrik Langeland, University of Stavanger, Norway