Making Miss India Miss World
constructing gender, power, and the nation in postliberalization India
Beauty contests
Women, india
Women in development
India, social conditions
Ethnicity
Women, social conditions
Women
Social conditions
"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 …
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