Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageants and Campus Life
- ISBN-10
- 0199933448
- ISBN-13
- 9780199933440
- Category
- Beauty contestants
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Karen Whitney Tice
Description
Higher education is an unlikely venue for showcasing ideals of femininity, yet campus beauty pageants have increased in popularity in a cultural marketplace conjoining personal empowerment with beauty and style. Tice examines the desires and racial and political agendas that propel students onto collegiate catwalks.
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- 2012-04-17
- 246 pages
- Paperback
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- 2012-03-09
- 264 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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