عنوان

There she is, Miss America :

(Number (ISBN

1403963010

(Number (ISBN

1403963029

(Number (ISBN

9781403963017

(Number (ISBN

9781403963024

Number

b519570

Title Proper

There she is, Miss America :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the politics of sex, beauty, and race in America's most famous pageant /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Elwood Watson and Darcy Martin

Edition Statement

First edition

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 205 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index

Text of Note

History -- Gender, race, and identity -- Personal reflections

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Text of Note

Hoping to extend the summer tourism season, a group of Atlantic City businessmen hatched the idea of a late September "Fall Frolic" in 1920. The following year, several East Coast newspapers featured a photographic beauty contest, sending the winners to the Fall Frolic for the final round of judging. The Miss America Pageant evolved from this contest to become the longest-running beauty pageant in the world. While some see the competition as a hokey vestige of another era, many remain enthralled by the annual event. And whether you love it or hate it, no one can deny the impact the contest has had on American popular culture--indeed, one can draw a direct line from the pageant to the myriad "reality" programs that now dominate network television. The Miss America Pageant itself has provided a fascinating glimpse into how American standards of femininity have been defined, projected, maintained, and challenged over the course of the twentieth century and into the current one. At various times, it has been praised as a positive tole model for young American women, protested by feminists as degrading to women, and shamed by scandals, such as the one caused by the Penthouse photos of Vanessa L. Williams in 1984. In the first interdisciplinary anthology to examine the uniquely American event, scholars defend, critique, and reflect on the pageant, grappling with themes such as beauty, race, the body, identify, kitsch, and consumerism

Miss America Pageant-- History

Beauty contests-- United States-- History

Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)-- United States

Racism in popular culture

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Edition

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Book number

Martin, Darcy

Watson, Elwood

Date of Transaction

20160712073105.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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