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Looking for Miss America : a Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood
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2020
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Women, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Beauty & Grooming, Popular Culture
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Praise for Looking for Miss America Library Journal , A 2020 Title to Watch "The conception, commercialization, and exploitation of the 'ideal' woman, as embodied in the Miss America pageant, is a story that reflects the country's social forces and cultural biases. Margot Mifflin has written a lively history of Miss America that gives meaning to the ever-evolving image of today's women." --Lynn Povich, author of The Good Girls Revolt Praise for Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo "The insights [Margot Mifflin] brings are insinuating and complex . . . Bodies of Subversion is delicious social history." -- The New York Times "Mifflin's thesis is rooted in subversion. She asserts that tattoos in Western culture have always been subversive for women, especially in the 19th century when they violated the assumption that 'women should be pure, that their bodies should be concealed and controlled, and that ladies should not express their own desires.'" -- The Atlantic " Bodies of Subversion . . . beautifully documented the evolution of women and tattoos from Victorian couture to mastectomy scar coverups in the nineties . . . [It was] the only book to chronicle tattooed women and women tattoo artists." -- The Cut "More than just a photographic history of this deep subculture . . . [The book] is a close study of women during a period of historic limitations and social mobility, beginning to break barriers by exploring alternative ideas of beauty and self-expression." -- Feministing "In this provocative work full of intriguing female characters from tattoo history, Margot Mifflin makes a persuasive case for the tattooed woman as an emblem of female self-expression." --Susan Faludi "Essential reading for anyone interested in the subject." --Ed Hardy Praise for The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman The Booklist Reader , 1 of 150 Memoirs and Biographies of Women, by Women Finalist for the Caroline Bancroft History Prize Named a Best of the Best from American University Presses by the American Library Association A Southwest Book of the Year Named a Book of the Year by over a dozen regional publications including The Kansas City Star, Anchorage Daily News , and Idaho Statesman Named a Book of the Year by PopMatters A One Book Yuma community read selection for Yuma, Arizona "Mifflin engagingly describes Oatman's ordeal and theorizes about its impact on Oatman herself as well as on popular imagination . . . Her book adds nuance to Oatman's story and also humanizes the Mohave who adopted her. Recommended for general readers as well as students and scholars." -- Library Journal " The Blue Tattoo is well-researched history that reads like unbelievable fiction, telling the story of Olive Oatman." -- Bust "An easy, flowing read, one you won't be able to put down." -- The Christian Science Monitor "An important and engrossing book, which reveals as much about the appetites and formulas of emerging mass culture as it does about tribal cultures in nineteenth-century America." -- The Times Literary Supplement "Margot Mifflin has written a winner . . . The Blue Tattoo offers quite intense drama along with thorough scholarship." --Elmore Leonard, Praise for Looking for Miss America Library Journal , A 2020 Title to Watch "Vigorously researched and wryly humorous . . . This incisive and entertaining history deserves the spotlight." -- Publishers Weekly " Looking for Miss America is as surprising as it is insightful. With Mifflin''s keen criticism and detailed portrayals, the reader gets to see the history of America through an unexpected and thought provoking lens. What seems like a forgotten and antiquated tradition is actually the perfect subject to explore America''s struggles with feminism, misogyny, racism and identity. Utterly fascinating." --Mallory O''Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon "The conception, commercialization, and exploitation of the ''ideal'' woman, as embodied in the Miss America pageant, is a story that reflects the country''s social forces and cultural biases. Margot Mifflin has written a lively history of Miss America that gives meaning to the ever-evolving image of today''s women." --Lynn Povich, author of The Good Girls Revolt Praise for Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo "The insights [Margot Mifflin] brings are insinuating and complex . . . Bodies of Subversion is delicious social history." -- The New York Times "Mifflin''s thesis is rooted in subversion. She asserts that tattoos in Western culture have always been subversive for women, especially in the 19th century when they violated the assumption that ''women should be pure, that their bodies should be concealed and controlled, and that ladies should not express their own desires.''" -- The Atlantic " Bodies of Subversion . . . beautifully documented the evolution of women and tattoos from Victorian couture to mastectomy scar coverups in the nineties . . . [It was] the only book to chronicle tattooed women and women tattoo artists." -- The Cut "More than just a photographic history of this deep subculture . . . [The book] is a close study of women during a period of historic limitations and social mobility, beginning to break barriers by exploring alternative ideas of beauty and self-expression." -- Feministing "In this provocative work full of intriguing female characters from tattoo history, Margot Mifflin makes a persuasive case for the tattooed woman as an emblem of female self-expression." --Susan Faludi "Essential reading for anyone interested in the subject." --Ed Hardy Praise for The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman The Booklist Reader , 1 of 150 Memoirs and Biographies of Women, by Women Finalist for the Caroline Bancroft History Prize Named a Best of the Best from American University Presses by the American Library Association A Southwest Book of the Year Named a Book of the Year by over a dozen regional publications including The Kansas City Star, Anchorage Daily News , and Idaho Statesman Named a Book of the Year by PopMatters A One Book Yuma community read selection for Yuma, Arizona "Mifflin engagingly describes Oatman''s ordeal and theorizes about its impact on Oatman herself as well as on popular imagination . . . Her book adds nuance to Oatman''s story and also humanizes the Mohave who adopted her. Recommended for general readers as well as students and scholars." -- Library Journal " The Blue Tattoo is well-researched history that reads like unbelievable fiction, telling the story of Olive Oatman." -- Bust "An easy, flowing read, one you won''t be able to put down." -- The Christian Science Monitor "An important and engrossing book, which reveals as much about the appetites and formulas of emerging mass culture as it does about tribal cultures in nineteenth-century America." -- The Times Literary Supplement "Margot Mifflin has written a winner . . . The Blue Tattoo offers quite intense drama along with thorough scholarship." --Elmore Leonard, "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 "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 "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 "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, "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 "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 "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 "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 "A fascinating look at the contest and what it has stood for over the decades." --Mackenzie Dawson, A New York Post Best Book of the Year "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, *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
Synopsis
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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