Book

Beauty pageants / Noël Merino, book editor.

Summary:

From the Publisher: Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports.

Record details

ISBN: 9780737745368 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0737745363 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780737745375 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0737745371 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 102 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- 1: Cultural relevance of beauty pageants is waning / Hilary Levey -- 2: Beauty pageants thrive in many cultures around the world / Rosie Goldsmith -- 3: Beauty pageants give women of many cultures a voice / Hammasa Kohistani -- 4: Beauty pageants show that women still have not achieved equality / Jill Filipovic -- 5: There's nothing wrong with beauty pageants / Wendy McElroy -- 6: Beauty pageants perpetuate myths about female beauty / Beth Dalbey -- 7: Beauty pageants are full of scandals / Mark Schwed -- 8: Beauty pageants in prison can have positive effects / Jean Trounstine -- 9: Beauty pageant winners are not good role models / Kim Lunman -- 10: African pageant winners can enhance their nation's image / Clayton Goodwin -- 11: Prohibiting pageants in Muslim countries is worse than allowing them / Katha Pollit -- 12: Miss Landmine beauty pageant helps landmine victims / Morten Traavik, as told to Robyn Stubbs -- 13: Miss Landmine beauty pageant exploits landmine victims / Expat Advisory Services (EAS) -- 14: Child beauty pageants reflect the culture's sexualization of children / James R Kincaid -- 15: Child beauty pageants should be eliminated / Billy Reed -- 16: Teen beauty pageants can teach teens many valuable life lessons / Jennifer Trujillo -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.