“MASKING” MAKEUP: Cosmetics and Constructions of Race in Rio de Janeiro

This article examines applications of bright, eye-catching makeup on the periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tracking the aesthetic decisions of makeup artists and their clients, I analyze how colorful manipulations of the bodily surface relate to local constructions of race. But the bodily surface...

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Published in:Cultural anthropology 2021-11, Vol.36 (4), p.681-707
Main Author: NOVACICH, SAMUEL ELLIOTT
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Ambiguity
Artists
Beauty
Conflict
corpo
Cosmetic industry
Cosmetics
Discourses
Disorders
Enthusiasts
estética
Ethnography
Human body
makeup
maquiagem
Masking
Personal appearance
Pointing
Race
raça
rosto
Semiotics
semiótica
the body
the face
Tracking
Transformation
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