Global Beauty, Local Bodies

Oluwakemi M. Balogun, Pomona College, USA Kimberly Kay Hoang, Boston College, USA Susanne Hofmann, The University of Manchester, UK Persis M. Karim, San Jose State University, USA Michelle Newton-Francis, American University, USA Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, American University, USA Kaija Bergen, Kampot Provincial Teacher Training College, Cambodia Lucy Lowe, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Jaita Talukdar, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA Jan Wickman, Åbo Akademi University, Finland Fredrik Langeland, University of Stavanger, Norway

Bodies, Beauty, and Location: An Introduction; Afshan Jafar and Erynn Masi de Casanova 1. Refashioning Global Bodies: Cosmopolitan Femininities in Nigerian Beauty Pageants and the Vietnamese Sex Industry 1; Oluwakemi M. Balogun and Kimberly Kay Hoang 2. Aesthetic Labor, Racialization, and Aging in Tijuana's Cosmopolitan Sex Industry; Susanne Hofmann 3. In Praise of Big Noses (Personal Reflection); Persis M. Karim 4. ¡M á s que un Bocado! (More Than a Mouthful): Comparing Hooters in the United States and Colombia; Michelle Newton-Francis and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz 5. Most Days I'm Beautiful : A Reflection on Skin and Body Hair in Cambodia (Personal Reflection); Kaija Bergen 6. Reproducing Beauty: Creating Somali Women in a Global Diaspora; Lucy Lowe 7. The Before-and-After Template: Researching and Reflecting on Body Image Concerns in Globalizing India (Personal Reflection); Jaita Talukdar 8. Metrosexuality as a Body Discourse: Masculinity and Sports Stars in Global and Local Contexts; Jan Wickman and Fredrik Langeland References Notes on Contributors Index