Native American Princess Pageants - Understanding Cultural Identity and Representation

This book delivers a systematic investigation of Native American princess pageants, exploring when and why they started, how they spread across and within Native American communities, the ways in which these pageants differ from other contests (such as Miss USA), the workings of the pageants themselves, and their socio-cultural costs and benefits.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Beauty and the Beautiful
Chapter 3: American Beauty Contests: Their History, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chapter 4: Three Queens and the American Dream
Chapter 5: The History and Functions of the World's Cultural Pageants
Chapter 6: The Advent and Proliferation of Native American Princess Pageants
Chapter 7: Native American Princess Pageant Participation Requirements
Chapter 8: Native American Princess Pageant Judging Criteria
Chapter 9: Native American Princess Pageant Costs, Benefits, and Post-Crowning Duties
Chapter 10: Why do Native American Women Serve as Princesses?

Über den Autor / die Autorin

By Sebahattin Ziyanak and Steven Aicinena

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Steven Aicinena, Aicinena Steven, Sebahattin Ziyanak, Sebahattin Aicinena Ziyanak, Ziyanak Sebahattin
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9781666968217
• ISBN: 978-1-66696-821-7
• Seiten: 202
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Indigenous Peoples, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, Relating to Native American people / First Americans