Sebahattin Ziyanak, Steven Aicinena

Native American Princess Pageants (eBook, PDF)

Understanding Cultural Identity and Representation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book delivers a systematic investigation of Native American princess pageants, exploring when and why they started, how they spread across and within Native American communities, the ways in which these pageants differ from other contests (such as Miss USA), the workings of the pageants themselves, and their socio-cultural costs and benefits.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216258650
• Artikelnr.: 75076955

Autorenporträt

Sebahattin Ziyanak is associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas Permian Basin.
Steven Aicinena is retired professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas Permian Basin.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Beauty and the Beautiful
Chapter 3: American Beauty Contests: Their History, the Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly
Chapter 4: Three Queens and the American Dream
Chapter 5: The History and Functions of the World's Cultural Pageants
Chapter 6: The Advent and Proliferation of Native American Princess
Pageants
Chapter 7: Native American Princess Pageant Participation Requirements
Chapter 8: Native American Princess Pageant Judging Criteria
Chapter 9: Native American Princess Pageant Costs, Benefits, and
Post-Crowning Duties
Chapter 10: Why do Native American Women Serve as Princesses?