Being Miss America : behind the rhinestone curtain / Kate Shindle.
Being Miss America : behind the rhinestone curtain / Kate Shindle.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2014]
Call Numbers
G 2014/5610
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
x, 236 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Flappers and scholars and crowns, oh my! -- Women on top -- The ugly pageant.
Publication information
Publisher
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2014]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
Texas
Date Published
[2014]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In Being Miss America, Kate Shindle interweaves an engrossing, witty memoir of her year as Miss America 1998 with a fascinating and insightful history of the pageant. She explores what it means to take on the mantle of America's "ideal," especially considering the evolution of the American female identity since the pageant's inception. Shindle prof...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Being Miss America : behind the rhinestone curtain / Kate Shindle.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Discovering America.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2014/5610
Record Identifier
74VKJGK5DEK3
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJGK5DEK3
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780292739215 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292739214 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
791.6/6
MMS ID
991022236089702626
