Global Beauty, Local Bodies [Paperback]

This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of what it means to be, have, or aspire to a beautiful body.Bodies, Beauty, and Location: An Introduction; Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova 1. Refashioning Global Bodies: Cosmopolitan Femininities in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and the Vietnamese Sex Industry 1; Oluwakemi M. Balogun and Kimberly Kay Hoang 2. Aesthetic Labor, Racialization, and Aging in Tijuana's Cosmopolitan Sex Industry; Susanne Hofmann 3. In Praise of Big Noses (Personal Reflection); Persis M. Karim 4. ?M ? s que un Bocado! (More Than a Mouthful): Comparing Hooters in the United States and Colombia; Michelle Newton-Francis and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz 5. Most Days I'm Beautiful : A Reflection on Skin and Body Hair in Cambodia (Personal Reflection); Kaija Bergen 6. Reproducing Beauty: Creating Somali Women in a Global Diaspora; Lucy Lowe 7. The Before-and-After Template: Researching and Reflecting on Body Image Concerns in Globalizing India (Personal Reflection); Jaita Talukdar 8. Metrosexuality as a Body Discourse: Masculinity and Sports Stars in Global and Local Contexts; Jan Wickman and Fredrik Langeland References Notes on Contributors Index

Beyond its international and transnational perspective, the uniqueness and strength of Global Beauty, Local Bodies lies in the richness of the questions raised by the essays. This is a well-conceived collection that will make a significant contribution to the available literature on the body. - Maxine B. Craig, Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, Chair, DE in Feminist Theory and Research, University of California, Davis, USA

Oluwakemi M. Balogun, Pomona College, USAKimberly Kay Hoang, Boston College, USASusanne Hofmann, The University of Manchester, UKPersis M. Karim, San Jose State University, USAMichelle Newton-Francis, American Univerlm