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1. "A Certain Class of Girl": Respectability and the Structure of the Miss America Pageant
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Sarah Banet-Weiser
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS VII
- ILLUSTRATIONS IX
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. "A Certain Class of Girl": Respectability and the Structure of the Miss America Pageant 31
- 2. Anatomy of a Beauty Pageant: The Swimsuit Competition 58
- 3. "If You Were a Color, What Color Would You Be?": The Interview and Talent Competitions in the Miss America Pageant 87
- 4. Bodies of Difference: Race, Nation, and the Troubled Reign of Vanessa Williams 123
- 5. The Representational Politics of Whiteness and the National Body: Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945, and Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995 153
- 6. International Spectacles, National Borders: Miss Universe and the "Family of Nations" 181
- CONCLUSION 205
- NOTES 211
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 241
- INDEX 265
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS VII
- ILLUSTRATIONS IX
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. "A Certain Class of Girl": Respectability and the Structure of the Miss America Pageant 31
- 2. Anatomy of a Beauty Pageant: The Swimsuit Competition 58
- 3. "If You Were a Color, What Color Would You Be?": The Interview and Talent Competitions in the Miss America Pageant 87
- 4. Bodies of Difference: Race, Nation, and the Troubled Reign of Vanessa Williams 123
- 5. The Representational Politics of Whiteness and the National Body: Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945, and Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995 153
- 6. International Spectacles, National Borders: Miss Universe and the "Family of Nations" 181
- CONCLUSION 205
- NOTES 211
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 241
- INDEX 265
