5. Sacar el Cuerpo

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introducing . . . the Queen 1
5. PART I. On the (Trans)National
6. 1. Belleza Venezolana 21
7. 2. La Moda Nace en Paris y Muere en Caracas 59
8. PART II. On the Runway, on the Street
9. 3. La Reina de la Noche 97
10. 4. Pasarelas y Perolones 127
11. PART III. On the Body
12. 5. Sacar el Cuerpo 155
13. 6. Spectacular Femininities 201
14. EPILOGUE. Democracy and Melodrama 233
15. Notes 247
16. References 269
17. Index 279