| Description |
1 online resource (x, 182 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Caribbean studies series |
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Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Situating the Virgin Islands -- A Caribbean Nation, a U.S. Colony; PART ONE. THE BEFORE-TIME QUEENS; 1. "Fan Me": Imperial versus Caribbean Femininities, 1493-1940; 2. The New Queen: Pageantry and Policy, 1930-1950; 3. Progress Makes a Model Queen: The Birth of Tourism, 1950-1960s; PART TWO. DE JUS NOW (MODERN) QUEENS; 4. The Main Event: Miss U.S. Virgin Islands 1999, "The Essence of the Caribbean"; 5. Promotional Presentations and the Selling of the Native: The Queen Represents; PART THREE. I COME; YOU AH COME (I HAVE ARRIVED; YOU WILL ARRIVE) |
| Summary |
Beauty pageants are wildly popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands, outnumbering any other single performance event and capturing the attention of the local people from toddlers to seniors. Local beauty contests provide women opportunities to demonstrate talent, style, the values of black womanhood, and the territory's social mores. Queen of the Virgins: Pageantry and Black Womanhood in the Caribbean is a comprehensive look at the centuries-old tradition of these expressions in the Virgin Islands. M. Cynthia Oliver maps the trajectory of pageantry from its colonial precursors at tea meetings, dance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
University Press Scholarship Online Complete Collection Oxford University Press |
| Subject |
Beauty contests -- United States Virgin Islands
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Beauty contestants -- United States Virgin Islands
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Women, Black -- United States Virgin Islands
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Beauty contestants
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Beauty contests
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Women, Black
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Schwarze Frau
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Misswahl
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Schönheitskönigin
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United States Virgin Islands
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Virgin Islands of the United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781604733488 |
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1604733489 |
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1282485954 |
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9781282485952 |
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9786612485954 |
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6612485957 |
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