Queens of academe [electronic resource] : beauty pageants and campus life / Karen W. Tice.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource. : illISBN:- 9780199933440 (ebook) :
- 378.0082 23
- LC1757 .T53 2012
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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