Queens of academe [electronic resource] : beauty pageants and campus life / Karen W. Tice. Tice, Karen Whitney, 1955- Women college students United States. Beauty contestants United States. Beauty contests United States. Universities and colleges United States Sociological aspects. LC1757 .T53 2012 378.0082 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 26, 2012). Higher education is an unlikely venue for showcasing ideals of femininity, yet campus beauty pageants have increased in popularity in a cultural marketplace conjoining personal empowerment with beauty and style. Tice examines the desires and racial and political agendas that propel students onto collegiate catwalks. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199842780.001.0001 eng United States. United States. United States. United States