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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-014.mrc:40346520:2821
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050 00 $aHQ1743$b.D49 2008
082 00 $a306.4/613$222
100 1 $aDewey, Susan.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007065091
245 10 $aMaking Miss India Miss World :$bconstructing gender, power, and the nation in postliberalization India /$cSusan Dewey.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSyracuse, N.Y. :$bSyracuse University Press,$c2008.
300 $axii, 245 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aGender and globalization
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tBeauty as Cultural Performance --$gPt. 1.$tThe Power of the Gaze --$g2.$tWomen of Substance? Situating Self under the Gaze --$g3.$tWatching Miss World --$gPt. 2.$tGender --$g4.$tStri Sakti and the Rhetoric of Women's Empowerment --$gPt. 3.$tGlobalization --$g5.$tStructural Adjustment and "International Standards" --$g6.$tMiss India and National Identity --$g7.$tConclusion: Miss India in the Postliberalization Candy Store.
520 1 $a"For almost half a century, the Miss India competition has been a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing over time the conventional standard for female beauty. Through the unexpected lens of the 2003 beauty pageant, Susan Dewey's Making Miss India Miss World examines what feminine beauty has come to mean in a country transformed by recent political, economic, and cultural developments."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWomen$zIndia$xSocial conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113634
650 0 $aWomen in development$zIndia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118804
611 20 $aMiss World Pageant.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007065452
650 0 $aBeauty contests$zIndia.
650 0 $aBeauty contestants$zIndia.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, East Indian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089970
650 0 $aEthnicity$zIndia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008119894
651 0 $aIndia$xSocial conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064951
830 0 $aGender and globalization.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007067463
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