Queens of Academe - Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies, and College Life

Zusatztext This is the first book to provide a complete history of campus beauty contests and their deep embedding in American life, as we strive to provide ways in which young women can fulfill themselves. Whether we condemn judging women by beauty standards or understand that this imperative goes back to the ancient Greeks, we know that beauty and its manifestations drive our culture as much as athletic contests and games. Informationen zum Autor Karen Tice is Associate Professor in the Department of Gender & Women's Studies and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Kentucky. She is the author of Tales of Wayward Girls and Immoral Women: Case Records and the Professionalization of Social Work (Illinois, 1998). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Karen W. Tice, Tice Karen W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2012
• EAN: 9780199842780
• ISBN: 978-0-19-984278-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / General, Fashion & society, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Pageants, parades, festivals, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Cultural studies: dress and society