Description
Genevieve Alva Clutario traces how beauty and fashion in the Philippines shaped the intertwined projects of imperial expansion and modern nation building during the turbulent transition between Spanish, US, and Japanese empires.
About the Author
Genevieve Alva Clutario is Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College.
Reviews
"Peering through a gendered lens, Clutario exposes the complex roles Filipinas played within empire and the fraught establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth. . . . Writing about the wives of politicians, embroiderers, beauty queens, and socialites, Clutario renders beauty as a complex weapon. In the hands of her Filipina subjects, it is deployed with both tenderness and aggression." -- Alice Sarmiento * Rappler *
Book Information
ISBN 9781478019640
Author Genevieve Alva Clutario
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 476g
About the Author
Genevieve Alva Clutario is Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of American Studies at Wellesley College.
Reviews
"Peering through a gendered lens, Clutario exposes the complex roles Filipinas played within empire and the fraught establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth. . . . Writing about the wives of politicians, embroiderers, beauty queens, and socialites, Clutario renders beauty as a complex weapon. In the hands of her Filipina subjects, it is deployed with both tenderness and aggression." -- Alice Sarmiento * Rappler *
"A unique book that delivers fresh insights into the American colonial period in the Philippines through the politics of fashion and beauty regimens."
-- Mina Roces * Fashion Theory *Book Information
ISBN 9781478019640
Author Genevieve Alva Clutario
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 476g
