Citation:
Mani, Bakirathi. "Beauty Queens:
Gender, Ethnicity, And Transnational Modernities At The Miss India USA
Pageant." Positions 14.3 (2006):
717-747. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.
What Strikes Me Most
2. I decided to take a break from surfing the web for
resources and focused on trying to discover resources within the KSU database.
I figured that my first research paper was all about finding articles that were
moderate or non-bias, but its time that I tried looking for pro-pageant articles.
I came across this article because the title of “Gender and Ethnicity”
definitely seemed promising to look at. I’m hoping that it talks about how
beauty pageants can benefit women, obviously, but more importantly what they
say about how certain issues can manifest themselves within the grounds of
beauty pageants.
Source Notes:
3. “Beauty pageants, which at the international, national
and local community levels are identical in format, present unique
opportunities to study the production and representation of culture and power.”
“beauty pageants are where cultural meanings are produced”
The Source
Reconsidered:
4. The article is indeed quite lengthy, and after reading a
good chunk of it, I think that this article isn’t going to be used much in the future.
I am dismayed to say while the article had a good point here and there, it
focused too much on how popular beauty pageants like Miss India USA have become
in Indian communities.
Then again, it’s an interesting to think in the abstract
that perhaps the article is getting towards the idea where second generation Indians
create an entirely new identity for themselves. Is this answering my question
by saying that the evolution of a culture and it’s values can be easily
showcased in pageants?
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