Bellissima : feminine beauty and the idea of Italy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gundle, Stephen, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2007]
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Table of Contents:
  • Italy, the land of beauty
  • The blonde aura of Queen Margherita
  • The rise of professional beauty
  • Fascism and the allure of the female image
  • Beauty and national identity after the Second World War
  • Catholics, communists and beauty contests
  • The female film stars of the 1950s
  • Mass consumption and ideals of beauty
  • Emancipation, eroticism and nostalgia
  • Beauty and ethnicity in the age of globalisation
  • The return of the 'bella italiana'.