Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"beauty pageants"”.
-
Trailer Park Royalty: Southern Child Beauty Pageants, Girlhood and Power
Child beauty pageants are a phenomenon in rural communities throughout Georgia. My belief is that most of those who compete in these pageants are from the lower socio-economic bracket, participating for a multitude of reasons. A bricolage of post-structural feminism, critical ethnography, critical …
-
Deconstructing The Winner's Circle
… sports cultures and spaces such as gymnastics, beauty pageants, and cheerleading, finding patterns of hegemonic ideals and the preference for "white" standards. I expand the narrative to include the twirling culture by investigating how female twirlers, and in particular black female twirlers, …
-
Beauty Pageant Mothers: Demographics, Motivations, and Family Structure
<p>An exploratory analysis of national beauty pageants for children was conducted through the administration of a questionnaire and through observation. The population surveyed was mothers with daughters sixteen years old or under. Questionnaires were distributed at six national pageants in five …
-
Deseos de comunidad en el personaje intersticial y marginal: en la novela y el cine de los noventa en México
… (Enrique Serna, 1992) drawing upon studies of beauty pageants, which are viewed as political and representational strategies within the context of mass communication and advertising rhetoric. Beauty pageants elevate frivolousness in order to deflect attention from serious national problems, and …
-
#EvenMore than just a brand of soap: a case study analysing LUX soap's use of Instagram
… away from their historical association with beauty pageants. This research aims to unpack the ways in which Instagram is utilised by LUX soap to effectively communicate a distinct brand personality. This research identifies that the repositioning of the brand on Instagram was achieved through …
-
The Globalization of Cosmetic Surgery: Examining BRIC and Beyond
… by hyper-consumerism; the perception of the beauty industry and global beauty pageants as a gateway to the "modern" world's stage; and the practice of “Westernized” cosmetic surgery becoming synonymous with concepts of status, upward mobility, and a social transition to global citizenship. …
-
Losing Sight of Ourselves: Applying Durkheim. Giddens, Baudrillard and Vaknin to Reality Television
An application of theory to various reality television shows in order to discuss the emergence and encouragement of the false self in our society is the focus of this work. Toddlers and Tiaras, Hoarders and Sister Wives are the three television shows that will be analyzed by using content analysis …