Queens of academe : beauty pageantry, student bodies, and college life
Tice, Karen WhitneyAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 26, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women college students
Beauty contestants
Beauty contests
Universities and colleges
Education
Social Sciences
Education, Special Topics