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Beauty Regimes
A History of Power and Modern Empire in the Philippines, 1898–1941
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Genevieve Alva Clutario
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English
Published/Copyright:
2023
About this book
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.
Author / Editor information
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
"Beauty Regimes, with its emphasis on a specific period in Philippines history, could serve several academic purposes. The book forms an ideal historical analysis for those studying colonialism, empire, and nation-building, especially of Spain, the US, Japan, and the Philippines. Since fashion is placed in close relation to power, whether that is the struggle for diplomatic status between Filipinas and Americans or the distinction between elite Filipinas and female labourers, this book greatly contributes to historical gender studies."
-- Thao Bui Journal of Gender Studies
-- Thao Bui Journal of Gender Studies
"I believe Clutario’s Beauty Regimes is a book that any historian of material culture, spectacle, class, empire, or identity in both the global south and sites of resistance should not only read but keep close by for reference."
-- Brayden Rothe Journal of World History
-- Brayden Rothe Journal of World History
"Clutario has written a fascinating and useful book. By bringing together dress, fashion, and beauty under the framework of 'beauty production,' she provides a new way to understand the workings of global empire and colonialism. This book will be an important addition to graduate courses and of interest to historians of empire, beauty culture, and gender."
-- Sarah Steinbock-Pratt Pacific Historical Review
-- Sarah Steinbock-Pratt Pacific Historical Review
“Beauty Regimes demonstrates the value of taking beauty seriously, as a tool of potential resistance and emancipation, as well as of attempted exploitation and control. . . . This book is important reading for all who seek to understand the workings of empire in everyday life.”
-- Laura R. Prieto Philippine Studies
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eBook published on:
March 15, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781478024279
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eBook ISBN:
9781478024279
Keywords for this book
2025 Association for Asian American Studies Book Awards in History; honorable mention; AAAS book award winners; Association for Asian American Studies
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
