Queens of academe [electronic resource] : beauty pageants and campus life / Karen W. Tice.

By:

Tice, Karen Whitney, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource. : illISBN:

9780199933440 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

378.0082 23

LOC classification:

LC1757 .T53 2012

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Summary: 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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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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