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Queens of academe beauty pageantry, student bodies, and college life

Title
Queens of academe [electronic resource] : beauty pageantry, student bodies, and college life / Karen W. Tice.
Author
Tice, Karen Whitney, 1955-
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 246 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Queens of academe (Online)
Alternative Title
Queens of academe (Online)
Subject
  • Women college students > United States
  • Beauty contestants > United States
  • Beauty contests > United States
  • Universities and colleges > United States > Sociological aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Beauty and the boar -- Cleavage and campus life -- Pride and pulchritude: campus pageant politics, 1920-1980 -- Making the grade in the new millennium: beauty, platforming, celebrity, and normativity -- "We are here": pageants as racial "homeplaces" and ethnic combat zones -- Class acts and class work: poise and the polishing of campus queens -- Flesh and spirit: bibles, beauty, and bikinis -- Afterward: class work/homework.
LCCN
2011031972
OCLC
ssj0000658244
Author
Tice, Karen Whitney, 1955-
Title
Queens of academe [electronic resource] : beauty pageantry, student bodies, and college life / Karen W. Tice.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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