Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and index. Beauty as cultural performance -- Women of substance? Situating self under the gaze -- Watching Miss World -- Str? ?akti and the rhetoric of women's empowerment -- Structural adjustment and "international standards" -- Miss India and national identity -- Conclusion: Miss India in the postliberalization candy store.

Classification

• LCC: HQ1743
• Dewey Decimal: 306.4/613

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: xii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Edition Info: (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects

• Miss World Pageant
• Women -- India -- Social conditions
• Women in development -- India
• Beauty contests -- India
• Beauty contestants -- India
• National characteristics, East Indian
• Ethnicity -- India
• India -- Social conditions

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