Queens of academe : beauty pageantry, student bodies, and college life

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ISBN: 0199842809
ISBN: 9780199842803
ISBN: 0199842787
ISBN: 9780199842780
ISBN: 0199842795
ISBN: 9780199842797
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.

General Note:	CatMonthString:october.17 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.