| Description |
xiii, 276 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Beauty contests -- United States.
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Japanese Americans.
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Japanese American women.
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Race awareness -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0816647895 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780816647897 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |
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0816647909 (pb : alk. paper) |
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9780816647903 (pb : alk. paper) |
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