The most beautiful girl in the world : beauty pageants and national identity /

Main Author: Banet-Weiser, Sarah, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
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245 1 4 |a The most beautiful girl in the world :  |b beauty pageants and national identity /  |c Sarah Banet-Weiser. 
260 |a Berkeley :  |b University of California Press,  |c ©1999. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) :  |b illustrations 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263) and index. 
505 0 |a "A certain class of girl": respectability and the structure of the Miss America Pageant -- Anatomy of a beauty pageant: the swimsuit competition -- "If you were a color, what color would you be?": the interview and talent competitions in the Miss America pageant -- Bodies of difference: race, nation, and the troubled reign of Vanessa Williams -- The representational politics of whiteness and the national body: Bess Meyerson, Miss America 1945, and Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995 -- International spectacles, national borders: Miss Universe and the "family of nationals" --Conclusion. 
650 0 |a Beauty contests  |z United States. 
650 0 |a National characteristics. 
650 0 |a Racism in popular culture. 
650 4 |a Beauty contests  |z United States. 
650 4 |a Miss America Pageant, Atlantic City, N.J. 
650 7 |a PERFORMING ARTS  |x Reference. 
650 7 |a Beauty contests. 
650 7 |a National characteristics. 
651 7 |a United States. 
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