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Queen of the Virgins : pageantry and black womanhood in the Caribbean

Title: Queen of the Virgins : pageantry and black womanhood in the Caribbean / M. Cynthia Oliver.
Author: Oliver, M. Cynthia.
Publication: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.

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Description

x, 182 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Caribbean studies series

Uniform Title

Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction. Situating the Virgin Islands -- A Caribbean Nation, a U.S. Colony -- pt. 1. The Before-Time Queens -- 1. "Fan Me": Imperial versus Caribbean Femininities, 1493-1940 -- 2. The New Queen: Pageantry and Policy, 1930-1950 -- 3. Progress Makes a Model Queen: The Birth of Tourism, 1950-1960s -- pt. 2. De Jus Now (Modern) Queens -- 4. The Main Event: Miss U.S. Virgin Islands 1999, "The Essence of the Caribbean" -- 5. Promotional Presentations and the Selling of the Native: The Queen Represents -- pt. 3. I Come; You Ah Come (I Have Arrived; You Will Arrive) -- 6. The Big Business of Queenship: A Competitive Edge? -- 7. Audience, Appetites, and Drama: The Mystery of Pageantry -- Conclusion. Re-Situating the Caribbean with Womanhood Front and Center.

ISBN

9781604732429
1604732423

LCCN

2009009732

OCLC

ocn276816857
276816857
SCSB-1526909

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library