Pure beauty judging race in Japanese American beauty pageants / Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain.
| Author/creator | King-O'Riain, Rebecca Chiyoko |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, |
| Description | xiii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Negotiating racial hybridity in community beauty pageants -- Race work and the effort of racial claims -- The Japanese American community in transition -- Japanese American beauty pageants in historical perspective -- Cultural impostors and eggs : race without culture and culture without race -- Patrolling bodies : the social control of race through gender -- The "ambassadress" queen : moving authentically between racial communities in the United States and Japan -- Percentages, parts, and power : racial eligibility rules and local versions of Japanese Americanness in context -- Conclusion: Japanese Americanness, beauty pageants, and race work. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006019972 |
| ISBN | 0816647895 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780816647897 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0816647909 (pb : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780816647903 (pb : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |