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Cover: 9781478032779 | The Goddess in the Mirror | An Anthropology of Beauty | Srinivas
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The Goddess in the Mirror
An Anthropology of Beauty
Taschenbuch von Tulasi Srinivas
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
In The Goddess in the Mirror, Tulasi Srinivas offers a pathbreaking ethnography of contemporary Indian beauty parlors in Bangalore. Exploring the gendered world of beauty in the intimate spaces of the salon, whose popularity has exploded amid an urban tech revolution, Srinivas invites readers to consider what beauty is and what it does. Visiting diverse salons that cater to various classes, castes, and queer sexualities, she tracks the relationships between clients and workers, revealing the beauty industry's painful political, religious, and economic stakes. Embodiment, religion, and narrative intersect as clients and beauticians tell well-known stories of beautiful Hindu goddesses, heroines, queens, and apsaras, thereby weaving their own ethical subjectivities every day. Following the goddess's allure, radiance, woundedness, fluidity, and fertility, Srinivas situates ideas of beauty within a larger moral and political context where beauty is both a fleeting pursuit and a rich resource for navigating a patriarchal present.
In The Goddess in the Mirror, Tulasi Srinivas offers a pathbreaking ethnography of contemporary Indian beauty parlors in Bangalore. Exploring the gendered world of beauty in the intimate spaces of the salon, whose popularity has exploded amid an urban tech revolution, Srinivas invites readers to consider what beauty is and what it does. Visiting diverse salons that cater to various classes, castes, and queer sexualities, she tracks the relationships between clients and workers, revealing the beauty industry's painful political, religious, and economic stakes. Embodiment, religion, and narrative intersect as clients and beauticians tell well-known stories of beautiful Hindu goddesses, heroines, queens, and apsaras, thereby weaving their own ethical subjectivities every day. Following the goddess's allure, radiance, woundedness, fluidity, and fertility, Srinivas situates ideas of beauty within a larger moral and political context where beauty is both a fleeting pursuit and a rich resource for navigating a patriarchal present.
Über den Autor
Tulasi Srinivas is Professor of Anthropology at Emerson College and author of The Cow in the Elevator: An Anthropology of Wonder, also published by Duke University Press.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
A Note on Translation ix
Acknowledgments xi
Prelude: Reverie xv
Introduction: Beauty, Myth, Recognition 1
1. Alluring 31
2. Radiant 63
3. Hot 94
Interlude: Nightmare 120
4. Wounded 124
5. Fortunate 151
6. Fluid 179
Conclusion: Mirrors and Masks: An Anthropology of Beauty 214
Postlude: Dream 225
Notes 228
References 241
Index 267
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781478032779
ISBN-10: 1478032774
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Srinivas, Tulasi
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Tulasi Srinivas
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.11.2025
Gewicht: 0,63 kg
Artikel-ID: 134210582
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