000276610 000__ 01832cam\a22003734a\45e0 000276610 001__ 276610 000276610 005__ 20210513103720.0 000276610 008__ 990209s1999\\\\caua\\\\\b\\\s001\0\eng\\ 000276610 010__ $$a 99019922 000276610 015__ $$aGB99-W5064 000276610 019__ $$a43460110$$a46395444 000276610 020__ $$a0520217918 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000276610 020__ $$a0520217896 (alk. paper) 000276610 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm40821094 000276610 035__ $$a276610 000276610 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dUKM$$dC#P$$dVVC$$dLVB 000276610 042__ $$apcc 000276610 043__ $$an-us--- 000276610 049__ $$aISEA 000276610 05000 $$aHQ1220.U5$$bB36 1999 000276610 08200 $$a791.6/2$$221 000276610 1001_ $$aBanet-Weiser, Sarah,$$d1966- 000276610 24514 $$aThe most beautiful girl in the world :$$bbeauty pageants and national identity /$$cSarah Banet-Weiser. 000276610 260__ $$aBerkeley :$$bUniversity of California Press,$$cc1999. 000276610 300__ $$axiii, 277 p. :$$bill. ;$$c23 cm. 000276610 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-263) and index. 000276610 5050_ $$a"A certain class of girl": respectability and the structure of the Miss America Pageant -- Anatomy of a beauty pageant: the swimsuit competition -- "If you were a color, what color would you be?": the interview and talent competitions in the Miss America pageant -- Bodies of difference: race, nation, and the troubled reign of Vanessa Williams -- The representational politics of whiteness and the national body: Bess Meyerson, Miss America 1945, and Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995 -- International spectacles, national borders: Miss Universe and the "family of nationals" --Conclusion. 000276610 61120 $$aMiss America Pageant. 000276610 61120 $$aMiss Universe Pageant. 000276610 650_0 $$aBeauty contests$$zUnited States. 000276610 650_0 $$aNational characteristics. 000276610 650_0 $$aRacism in popular culture. 000276610 85200 $$bgen$$hHQ1220.U5$$iB36$$i1999 000276610 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/99019922.html 000276610 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:276610$$pGLOBAL_SET 000276610 980__ $$aBIB 000276610 980__ $$aBOOK 000276610 994__ $$aE0$$bISE