Global Beauty, Local Bodies

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.

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Global Beauty, Local Bodies

10.1057/9781137365347 - Global Beauty, Local Bodies, Edited by Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to Kainan University - PalgraveConnect - 2014-12-27

Also edited by Erynn Masi de Casanova and Afshan Jafar: Bodies without Borders

10.1057/9781137365347 - Global Beauty, Local Bodies, Edited by Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova

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Afs han Jafa r a nd Er y nn Ma s i d e Ca s an ova

10.1057/9781137365347 - Global Beauty, Local Bodies, Edited by Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova

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Gl obal Bea u ty , L o c al B o d i e s

GLOBAL BEAUTY, LOCAL BODIES

Copyright © Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova, 2013. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–37866–8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: December 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

10.1057/9781137365347 - Global Beauty, Local Bodies, Edited by Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova

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First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

A Soledad, la fuerte y bella E. M. C.

10.1057/9781137365347 - Global Beauty, Local Bodies, Edited by Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova

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For Aleena and Lilah, who make my life beautiful A. J.

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List of Illustrations

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Bodies, Beauty, and Location: An Introduction Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova

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Refashioning Global Bodies: Cosmopolitan Femininities in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and the Vietnamese Sex Industry Oluwakemi M. Balogun and Kimberly Kay Hoang Aesthetic Labor, Racialization, and Aging in Tijuana’s Cosmopolitan Sex Industry Susanne Hofmann

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In Praise of Big Noses (Personal Reflection) Persis M. Karim

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¡Más que un Bocado! (More Than a Mou