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Queens of academe : beauty pageantry, student bodies, and college life / Karen W. Tice.

Author/creator Tice, Karen Whitney, 1955-
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxi, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Sociology
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subject(s)
Contents Beauty and the boar -- Cleavage and campus life -- Pride and pulchritude: campus pageant politics, 1920-1980 -- Making the grade in the new millennium: beauty, platforming, celebrity, and normativity -- "We are here": pageants as racial "homeplaces" and ethnic combat zones -- Class acts and class work: poise and the polishing of campus queens -- Flesh and spirit: bibles, beauty, and bikinis -- Afterward: class work/homework.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011031972
ISBN9780199842780 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0199842787 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780199842803 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0199842809 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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