Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies, and College Life

by Karen Whitney Tice

Book Overview

Universities are unlikely venues for grading bodies, beauty, poise, and style. Nonetheless, thousands of college women have sought not only college diplomas but campus beauty titles and tiaras throughout the twentieth century, and the cultural power of beauty pageants continues into the twenty-first.

In Queens of Academe, Karen W. Tice asks how, and why, does higher education remain in the beauty and body business and with what effects on student...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199842809
• ISBN13: 9780199842803
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"