Pure beauty : judging race in Japanese American beauty pageants /

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Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain studies Japanese American community beauty pageants in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Honolulu to discover how these pageants seek to maintain racial and ethnic purity amid shifting notions of cultural identity. Pure Beauty shows how racial and gendered me...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King-O'Riain, Rebecca Chiyoko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Beauty contests > United States.
Japanese Americans.
Japanese American women.
Race awareness > United States.
Concours de beauté > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine japonaise.
Américaines d'origine japonaise.
Conscience de race > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Beauty contests
Japanese American women
Japanese Americans
Race awareness
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain studies Japanese American community beauty pageants in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Honolulu to discover how these pageants seek to maintain racial and ethnic purity amid shifting notions of cultural identity. Pure Beauty shows how racial and gendered meanings are enacted through the pageants, and reveals their impact on Japanese American men, women, and children.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.
ISBN:9780816698370
0816698376

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