Ain't I a Beauty Queen? Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race

Name: Ain't I a Beauty Queen? Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race
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ISBN: 9780195152623

ISBN-10: 019515262X

ISBN-13: 9780195152623

Edition: 2002

Authors: Maxine Leeds Craig

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Ain't I A Beauty Queen? is a study of black women as symbols, and as participants, in the reshaping of the meaning of black racial identity. The meanings and pracices of racial identity are continually reshaped as a result of the interplay of actions taken at the individual and institutional levels. In chapters that detail the history of pre-Civil Rights Movement black beauty pageants, later efforts to integrate beauty contests, and the transformation in beliefs andpractices relating to black beauty in the 1960s, the book develops a model for understanding social processes of racial change. It places changing black hair practices and standards of beauty in historical context and shows the…

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/20/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Maxine Leeds Craig is Assistant Professor of Sociology and director of the graduate program in Sociology at California State University, Hayward.




Ridicule and Celebration: Black Women as Symbols in the Rearticulation of Race



Contexts for the Emergence of "Black Is Beautiful,"



Ain't I a Beauty Queen? Representing the Ideal Black Woman



Standing (in Heels) for My People



How Black Became Popular: Social Movements and Racial Rearticulation



Yvonne's Wig: Gender and the Racialized Body



Pride and Shame: Black Women as Symbols of the "Middle Class,"



The Appearance of Unity



An Ongoing Dialogue


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index