Beauty and the Nation: Women, Culture, and the National Image in Interwar Vietnam 西藏 Winner of the bronze medal

Winner of the bronze medal for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Arthur Ross Book Award

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Beauty and the Nation: Women, Culture, and the National Image in Interwar Vietnam 西藏 Winner of the bronze medalDuring the interwar years, Vietnamese society witnessed a rapid change in the way women looked. Rejecting the model of a sequestered maiden with blackened teeth and long hair, they embraced a vivid palette of colorsand a colorful lifestyle to match. Before the war, Vietnam would have seemed like an unlikely place for a beauty industry to thrive. Virtuous young women were expected to hide their natural beauty, not manipulate it with makeup or flaunt it