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beauty, identity, and settler colonialism in postrevolutionary Mexico
xiii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
La Raza Cósmetica 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.
Introduction -- La reina de la raza : the making of the India Bonita -- La Flor más Bella del Ejido : springtime maidens, invented tradition, and making a "modern" Mexico City -- Cine folclórico : from racial fantasy to cinematic spectacle -- Virgén Xochimilco : pure women and waters in Mexico City's suburban south -- Don̋a Luz Jiménez : "the most painted woman in all of Mexico" -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.