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Queens of academe : beauty pageantry, student bodies, and college life
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tice, Karen Whitney, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women college students--Sociological aspects--United States.
- Women college students.
- Beauty contestants--United States.
- Beauty contestants.
- Beauty contests--United States.
- Beauty contests.
- Universities and colleges--United States.
- Universities and colleges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource. : ill.
- Other Title:
- Queens of academe
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 26, 2012).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199933440 (ebook) :
- 0199933448 (ebook) :
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