Regimes of Colombianidad

Isis Giraldo is Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

• Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Glocal Beauty Politics 2. Establishing the Postfeminist Regime: A Cultural Restorative Revolution 3. Contouring the Abject: Ugliness, Unruliness, and the Limits of Colombianidad 4. Entrenching the Reaction: Sex in/and the Conservative — Liberal Continuum Coda Notes BibliographyIndex

"Regimes of Colombianidad newly conceptualizes the construction of Colombian nationalism and citizenship through the prism of postfeminism. This framework allows Giraldo to emphasize the importance of the individual body—and particularly a certain sexualized ideal of female corporeality—in colombianidad. Focusing on how influential media sites and events manufacture hegemony, the book decolonizes knowledge about Colombia and challenges dominant notions of postfeminism." — Catherine A. Rottenberg, author of The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism"Highly original and compelling. Giraldo sheds light on the intersections of female subjectivity, citizenship, nationhood, patriarchy, and coloniality in the construction of twenty-first century Colombian identity. Regimes of Colombianidad's unique analysis paves the way for further exploration of the influence of media and cultural institutions in fostering dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in Colombian society." — Elvira Sánchez-Blake, Michigan State University