“loveliest daughter of our ancient cathay!”: Representations of ethnic and gender identity in the miss chinatown USA beauty pageant

Beauty and Business: Commerce, Gender, and Culture in Modern America

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 278-308

  Wu, Judy Tzu Chun ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85073841779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315023090-19     Document Type: Chapter

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