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Title Beauty pageants [electronic resource] / Noël Merino, book editor.

Imprint Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Gale Electronic Resource  Electronic Resource    ---  Available
Series At issue. Social issues
At issue. Social issues.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The cultural relevance of beauty pageants is waning / Hilary Levey -- Beauty pageants thrive in many cultures around the world / Rosie Goldsmith -- Beauty pageants give women of many cultures a voice / Hammasa Kohistani -- Beauty pageants show that women still have not achieved equality / Jill Filipovic -- There's nothing wrong with beauty pageants / Wendy McElroy -- Beauty pageants perpetuate myths about female beauty / Beth Dalbey -- Beauty pageants are full of scandal / Mark Schwed -- Beauty pageants in prison can have positive effects / Jean Trounstine -- Beauty pageant winners are not good role models / Kim Lunman -- African pageant winners can enhance their nation's image / Clayton Goodwin -- Prohibiting pageants in Muslim countries is worse than allowing them / Katha Pollit -- Miss Landmine beauty pageant helps landmine victims / Morten Traavik, as told to Robyn Stubbs -- Miss Landmine beauty pageant exploits landmine victims / Expat Advisory Services (EAS) -- Child beauty pageants reflect the culture's sexualization of children / James R. Kincaid -- Child beauty pageants should be eliminated / Billy Reed -- Teen beauty pageants can teach teens many valuable life lessons / Jennifer Trujillo.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
Subject Beauty contests -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Merino, Noël.
ISBN 9780737745368 (hardcover)
0737745363 (hardcover)
9780737745375 (pbk.)
0737745371 (pbk.)

 
    
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