Miss America, national identity, and the identity politics of whiteness

"There She is, Miss America": The Politics of Sex, Beauty, and Race in America's Most Famous Pageant

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 67-89

  Banet Weiser, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85014353458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781403981820_4     Document Type: Chapter

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