Theme Of Colonial Beauty Standards In Daughter Of Smoke And Bone

Eritz and Earth, two worlds vastly different but both shaped by colonial beauty standards. From celebrities perpetuating imposed beauty standards to self-esteem issues, the fictional world of Daughter of Smoke and Bone has strikingly similar issues to Earth. A beauty standard is forced upon the native population, perpetuated by celebrities and causes self-esteem issues, this is a trend both present in reality and the fictional world of Eritz. Laini Taylor Sufficiently represents the imposition of colonial beauty standards in Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Beauty standards are often forced upon groups of people in reality and cause issues.
With the rise of colonialism and the consequent subjugation of people, beauty standards were introduced to

The Seraphim once subjugated the Chimera and they were forced to work as slaves, therefore the idea of the Seraphim being more beautiful than the Chimera was implanted in their minds. Similarly, the Chimera lacking a human face are dubbed as having a “beast” aspect, this term has probably been coined by the Seraphim as that is what the call the Chimera. Similarly to reality Celebrities will often promote the colonial beauty standard in the Chimera society, Thiago is the son of the leader of the Chimera, has died in battle countless times for his people and bears a human resemblance. Originally he bore a resemblance to his father, bearing an Elks' head, however, when he died in battle he chose to be resurrected as high human bearing some resemblance to a wolf. He is often idolised by his people and therefore he sets the standard for what is considered to be beautiful. His choice of a high human aspect increases the influence of the Seraphims colonial beauty standard. The Chimera are also harmed by seraphim beauty standards. One good example of the harmful effects on the colonial beauty standards impacting the Chimera is Madrigal's friend Chiro. Chiro suffers from self-esteem issues regarding her face, she wants to be high human, when she was resurrected, Chiro was almost bitter in regards to her facial features and