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Looking for Miss America: A Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood by Marg
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- 9781640094901
- ISBN
- 9781640094901
- Book Title
- Looking for Miss America : a Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood
- Item Length
- 10.5 in
- Publisher
- Counterpoint Press
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 3.2 in
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- Women, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Popular Culture
- Item Width
- 7.8 in
- Item Weight
- 12.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Emily Toth Best Book in Women's Studies Award From an author praised for writing "delicious social history" (Dwight Garner, The New York Times ) comes a lively account of memorable Miss America contestants, protests, and scandals--and how the pageant, now in its one hundredth year, serves as an unintended indicator of feminist progress Looking for Miss America is a fast-paced narrative history of a curious and contradictory institution. From its start in 1921 as an Atlantic City tourist draw to its current incarnation as a scholarship competition, the pageant has indexed women's status during periods of social change--the post-suffrage 1920s, the Eisenhower 1950s, the #MeToo era. This ever-changing institution has been shaped by war, evangelism, the rise of television and reality TV, and, significantly, by contestants who confounded expectations. Spotlighting individuals, from Yolande Betbeze, whose refusal to pose in swimsuits led an angry sponsor to launch the rival Miss USA contest, to the first black winner, Vanessa Williams, who received death threats and was protected by sharpshooters in her hometown parade, Margot Mifflin shows how women made hard bargains even as they used the pageant for economic advancement. The pageant's history includes, crucially, those it excluded; the notorious Rule Seven, which required contestants to be "of the white race," was retired in the 1950s, but no women of color were crowned until the 1980s. In rigorously researched, vibrant chapters that unpack each decade of the pageant, Looking for Miss America examines the heady blend of capitalism, patriotism, class anxiety, and cultural mythology that has fueled this American ritual.
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Counterpoint Press
ISBN-10
1640094903
ISBN-13
9781640094901
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14050392926
Product Key Features
Book Title
Looking for Miss America : a Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Popular Culture
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.5 in
Item Height
3.2 in
Item Width
7.8 in
Item Weight
12.4 Oz
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Trade
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Hq1220.U5m44 2020
Reviews
"Mifflin is no Miss America apologist. She's cleareyed about the pageant's many hypocrisies and failures . . . But Mifflin, too, is invested in the pageant's sense of specialness; she's mining Miss America for meaning . . . The pageant's tensions and ambiguities emerge most vividly through the way particular women understood them in the context of their particular time . . . Lively." --Molly Fischer, The New York Times Book Review "Mifflin is as alive to the pageant's historical grotesqueries as she is to the weirdo details of its founding." --Lauren Collins, The New Yorker "Nothing short of fascinating." --Laura Hanrahan, Cosmopolitan , A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year "A fascinating look at how Miss America has struggled to stay relevant in the 21st century, without condescension or ridicule toward the women who have fought tooth and nail to be crowned." --Sarah Stiefvater, PureWow , A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year "A comprehensive history of how a beauty contest moonlighting as a scholarship program evolved over a century . . . Looking for Miss America is an exploration into the pageant's past, but the contest's days might be numbered." --Shannon Carlin, Bust "In this well-written and thoroughly researched book, Mifflin explores how the evolution of the Miss America pageant has echoed ongoing women's rights movements and examines the overall impact of a beauty-based scholarship competition."-- Bitch "Historian Margot Mifflin encourages us to view Miss America as more complicated than just sashes, hairspray and high heels . . . Even if you've never watched a single Miss America pageant on TV, anyone with an interest in American history would benefit from this deep dive into a complex cultural figurehead."--Jessica Wakeman, BookPage (starred review) "Vigorously researched and wryly humorous . . . This incisive and entertaining history deserves the spotlight." -- Publishers Weekly "Lively and probing . . . Whether fans or foes of Miss America, few readers will see the pageant in the same way after finishing this book. A cleareyed look at an iconic beauty pageant and its efforts to stave off irrelevance." -- Kirkus Reviews "Smart and witty narrative . . . Mifflin reveals how the contest wormed its way into the national subconscious, taking us through its disasters, hypocrisies and ambitions over the last century." -- The National Book Review "Though she explores the serious failings of the contest, Mifflin also relishes the nostalgia and camp associated with Miss America, making this social history a perfect summer read." -- Booklist "Beauty pageants have long been a topic of research and wide interest, and Mifflin's ( Bodies of Subversion ) work offers excellent content and historical analysis to this ongoing discussion . . . While deftly commenting on the racism and sexism that have characterized the pageant's history, she also makes space for the contestants to speak openly for themselves about their own experiences, something pageants themselves are not known for. This work offers a thought-provoking, balanced, and highly informative look at an institution that has perplexed and enticed Americans since its founding." -- Library Journal " Looking for Miss America is, in the language of pageantry, lavish in its research, and its prose is sparkling . . . Full of mini bios of the competition's taste, change and headline makers, Looking for Miss America is a riveting, multivalent history. About this, if nothing else, most feminists and pageant enthusiasts will agree." --Nell Beram, Shelf Awareness, "Mifflin is no Miss America apologist. She's cleareyed about the pageant's many hypocrisies and failures . . . But Mifflin, too, is invested in the pageant's sense of specialness; she's mining Miss America for meaning . . . The pageant's tensions and ambiguities emerge most vividly through the way particular women understood them in the context of their particular time . . . Lively." --Molly Fischer, The New York Times Book Review "Mifflin is as alive to the pageant's historical grotesqueries as she is to the weirdo details of its founding." --Lauren Collins, The New Yorker "Nothing short of fascinating." --Laura Hanrahan, Cosmopolitan , A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year "A fascinating look at how Miss America has struggled to stay relevant in the 21st century, without condescension or ridicule toward the women who have fought tooth and nail to be crowned." --Sarah Stiefvater, PureWow , A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year "A comprehensive history of how a beauty contest moonlighting as a scholarship program evolved over a century . . . Looking for Miss America is an exploration into the pageant's past, but the contest's days might be numbered." --Shannon Carlin, Bust "In this well-written and thoroughly researched book, Mifflin explores how the evolution of the Miss America pageant has echoed ongoing women's rights movements and examines the overall impact of a beauty-based scholarship competition."-- Bitch "In her formidably researched book, Looking for Miss America: A Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood , scholar Margot Mifflin provides a lavish and detailed account of the various milestones that have defined the pageant for decades . . . A fascinating and entertaining account for anyone interested in reading a first-rate analysis of the United States's most distinctive beauty contest." --Elwood Watson, Los Angeles Review of Books "Historian Margot Mifflin encourages us to view Miss America as more complicated than just sashes, hairspray and high heels . . . Even if you've never watched a single Miss America pageant on TV, anyone with an interest in American history would benefit from this deep dive into a complex cultural figurehead."--Jessica Wakeman, BookPage (starred review) "Vigorously researched and wryly humorous . . . This incisive and entertaining history deserves the spotlight." -- Publishers Weekly "Lively and probing . . . Whether fans or foes of Miss America, few readers will see the pageant in the same way after finishing this book. A cleareyed look at an iconic beauty pageant and its efforts to stave off irrelevance." -- Kirkus Reviews "Smart and witty narrative . . . Mifflin reveals how the contest wormed its way into the national subconscious, taking us through its disasters, hypocrisies and ambitions over the last century." -- The National Book Review "Though she explores the serious failings of the contest, Mifflin also relishes the nostalgia and camp associated with Miss America, making this social history a perfect summer read." -- Booklist, *Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Emily Toth Best Book in Women's Studies Award* A Cosmopolitan Best Nonfiction Book of 2020 A New York Post Best Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book A PureWow 12 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020 A Library Journal 2020 Title to Watch A LitHub Best Reviewed Book A National Book Review 5 Hot Books Pick "Mifflin is no Miss America apologist. She's cleareyed about the pageant's many hypocrisies and failures . . . But Mifflin, too, is invested in the pageant's sense of specialness; she's mining Miss America for meaning . . . The pageant's tensions and ambiguities emerge most vividly through the way particular women understood them in the context of their particular time . . . Lively." --Molly Fischer, The New York Times Book Review "Mifflin is as alive to the pageant's historical grotesqueries as she is to the weirdo details of its founding." --Lauren Collins, The New Yorker "Nothing short of fascinating." --Laura Hanrahan, Cosmopolitan , A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year "A fascinating look at how Miss America has struggled to stay relevant in the 21st century, without condescension or ridicule toward the women who have fought tooth and nail to be crowned." --Sarah Stiefvater, PureWow , A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year "A comprehensive history of how a beauty contest moonlighting as a scholarship program evolved over a century . . . Looking for Miss America is an exploration into the pageant's past, but the contest's days might be numbered." --Shannon Carlin, Bust "In this well-written and thoroughly researched book, Mifflin explores how the evolution of the Miss America pageant has echoed ongoing women's rights movements and examines the overall impact of a beauty-based scholarship competition."-- Bitch "In her formidably researched book, Looking for Miss America: A Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood , scholar Margot Mifflin provides a lavish and detailed account of the various milestones that have defined the pageant for decades . . . A fascinating and entertaining account for anyone interested in reading a first-rate analysis of the United States's most distinctive beauty contest." --Elwood Watson, Los Angeles Review of Books "Historian Margot Mifflin encourages us to view Miss America as more complicated than just sashes, hairspray and high heels . . . Even if you've never watched a single Miss America pageant on TV, anyone with an interest in American history would benefit from this deep dive into a complex cultural figurehead."--Jessica Wakeman, BookPage (starred review) "Vigorously researched and wryly humorous . . . This incisive and entertaining history deserves the spotlight." -- Publishers Weekly "Lively and probing . . . Whether fans or foes of Miss America, few readers will see the pageant in the same way after finishing this book. A cleareyed look at an iconic beauty pageant and its efforts to stave off irrelevance." -- Kirkus Reviews "Smart and witty narrative . . . Mifflin reveals how the contest wormed its way into the national subconscious, taking us through its disasters, hypocrisies and ambitions over the last century." -- The National Book Review "Though she explores the serious failings of the contest, Mifflin also relishes the nostalgia and camp associated with Miss America, making this social history a perfect summer read." -- Booklist
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