The most beautiful girl in the world : beauty pageants and national identity /

Annotation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Banet-Weiser, Sarah, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Miss America Pageant.
Miss Universe Pageant.
Miss America Pageant
Miss Universe Pageant
Beauty contests > United States.
National characteristics.
Racism in popular culture.
Concours de beauté > États-Unis.
Caractéristiques nationales.
Racisme dans la culture populaire.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Beauty contests
National characteristics
Racism in popular culture
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "A certain class of girl": respectability and the structure of the Miss America Pageant
  • Anatomy of a beauty pageant: the swimsuit competition
  • "If you were a color, what color would you be?": the interview and talent competitions in the Miss America pageant
  • Bodies of difference: race, nation, and the troubled reign of Vanessa Williams
  • The representational politics of whiteness and the national body: Bess Meyerson, Miss America 1945, and Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995
  • International spectacles, national borders: Miss Universe and the "family of nationals"
  • Conclusion.

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