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Queen of the Virgins : pageantry and black womanhood in the Caribbean /
Beauty pageants are wildly popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands, outnumbering any other single performance event and capturing the attention of the local people from toddlers to seniors. Local beauty contests provide women opportunities to demonstrate talent, style, the values of black womanhood, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2009]
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| Colección: | Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Beauty pageants are wildly popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands, outnumbering any other single performance event and capturing the attention of the local people from toddlers to seniors. Local beauty contests provide women opportunities to demonstrate talent, style, the values of black womanhood, and the territory's social mores. Queen of the Virgins: Pageantry and Black Womanhood in the Caribbean is a comprehensive look at the centuries-old tradition of these expressions in the Virgin Islands. M. Cynthia Oliver maps the trajectory of pageantry from its colonial precursors at tea meetings, dance. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 182 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781604733488 1604733489 1282485954 9781282485952 9786612485954 6612485957 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. |