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Beauty Queens: The Jewish Critics of Israel
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Beauty Queens: The Jewish Critics of Israel Paperback - 1998

by Candace Sherk Savave; Candace Savage

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An affectionate chronicle of the beauty pageant, from the 1850s to the present, illustrated with a wealth of photographs depicting a variety of beauty queens in all their glamor. 100 illustrations, 20 in color, 90 in quadtone.

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The 1996 Miss Universe telecast was seen by an estimated 600 million people in 60 countries around the world. Beauty Queens: A Playful History traces the evolution of the beauty pageant from its early days as a slightly scandalous display of feminine self-confidence to a much-mocked sexist spectacle to its recent return to tremendous international popularity.

How did this quirky custom manage to become such a major cultural institution? When and where did the idea originate? (P. T. Barnum seems at least partly responsible.) And why have so many women eagerly participated as both spectators and contestants? Emphasizing the glory years between 1920 and 1970, Candace Savage offers entertaining yet thought-provoking answer to these questions while having great fun exploring every aspect of the pageant's curious history. Anyone who has ever sniffled as the winner wept tears of joy will thoroughly enjoy this lighthearted tribute.

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  • Title Beauty Queens: The Jewish Critics of Israel
  • Author Candace Sherk Savave; Candace Savage
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 132
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Abbeville Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780789204929 / 0789204924
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 9.3 x 0.48 in (23.39 x 23.62 x 1.22 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98004378
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.6

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New York: Abbeville Press, 1998. ix, 132 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** Traces the evolution of the beauty pageant. Well-illustrated with photos, postcards, ephemera. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "More than one hundred illustrations and photographs complement an entertaining history of the beauty pageant, from the 1850s to the present day, tracing the changing perspective on feminine beauty and its evolving role as a cultural institution." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.
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