Pure beauty judging race in Japanese American beauty pageants /

Bewaard in:
Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: King-O'Riain, Rebecca Chiyoko
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.
Onderwerpen:
Online toegang:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tags: Voeg label toe
Geen labels, Wees de eerste die dit record labelt!
Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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.