Misses and Indigenous Pageants in the Ecuadorian Nation Building

This paper explores the racial, ethnic, and class dimensions of both Miss Ecuador and indigenous beauty pageants. These pageants are suitable for analyzing the persistence of blanqueamiento –whitening— projects in some forms of representation of the Ecuadorian nation. The article opens up a dialogue...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Moreno, María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/222
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/222
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:concursos de belleza
raza
género
etnicidad
globalización
beauty pageants
race
gender
ethnicity
globalization
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Sumario:This paper explores the racial, ethnic, and class dimensions of both Miss Ecuador and indigenous beauty pageants. These pageants are suitable for analyzing the persistence of blanqueamiento –whitening— projects in some forms of representation of the Ecuadorian nation. The article opens up a dialogue among diverse studies on beauty pageants in order to explore the inclusions and exclusions in the mainstream beauty canon and in its alternatives.