Queen of the Virgins : pageantry and black womanhood in the Caribbean

Queen of the Virgins : pageantry and black womanhood in the Caribbean / M. Cynthia Oliver.

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...

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Main Author: Oliver, M. Cynthia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2009]
Series:Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
Subjects:
Geschichte.
Beauty contests > United States Virgin Islands.
Beauty contestants > United States Virgin Islands.
Women, Black > United States Virgin Islands.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Beauty contestants
Beauty contests
Women, Black
Schwarze Frau
Misswahl
Schönheitskönigin
United States Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands of the United States
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Table of 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).

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