Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race

Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-208

  Craig, Maxine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Black beauty pageants; Black Power Movement; Black racial identity; Black women; Civil Rights Movement; Racial change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940564229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195152623.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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