Making Miss India Miss World
constructing gender, power, and the nation in postliberalization India
by Susan Dewey
Social conditionsWomen in developmentBeauty contestantsEast Indian National characteristicsMiss World PageantBeauty contestsEthnicityWomen
"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.
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