Italy, the land of beauty
The blonde aura of Queen Margherita
The rise of professional beauty
Fascism and the allure of the female image
Beauty and national identity after the Second World War
Catholics, communists and beauty contests
The female film stars of the 1950s
Mass consumption and ideals of beauty
Emancipation, eroticism and nostalgia
Beauty and ethnicity in the age of globalisation
The return of the 'bella italiana'.
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Bellissima : feminine beauty and the idea of Italy by Stephen Gundle. ISBN 9780300123876. Published by Yale University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
