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Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageants and Campus Life
Tice, Karen W. (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Gender & Women's Studies and Educational Policy Studies, University of Kentucky)
Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageants and Campus Life
Tice, Karen W. (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Gender & Women's Studies and Educational Policy Studies, University of Kentucky)
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. Karen Tice examines the desires and racial and political agendas that propel students onto collegiate catwalks.
304 pages, 10 b/w halftones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 31, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780199842780 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 264 |
Dimensions | 239 × 163 × 23 mm · 584 g |