Beauty Diplomacy - Embodying an Emerging Nation

The Nigerian beauty pageant industry positions itself as working to symbolically restore the public face of the nation while seeking to materially shift the private lives of affiliates on the ground.

List of contents

1. The Nigerian Factor

2. Snapshots of Nigerian Pageantry

3. The Making of Beauty Diplomats

4. Miss Cultural and Miss Cosmopolitan

5. The Business of Beauty

6. As Miss World Turns

7. After the Spotlight

About the author

Oluwakemi M. Balogun is Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Sociology at the University of Oregon.

Summary

The Nigerian beauty pageant industry positions itself as working to symbolically restore the public face of the nation while seeking to materially shift the private lives of affiliates on the ground.

Product details

• Authors: Oluwakemi M Balogun, Oluwakemi M. Balogun
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781503610972
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1097-2
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Globalization in Everyday Life
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziologie, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General