It looks like you're offline.
Open Library logo
additional options menu

MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 03412cam 2200457 a 4500
001 ocn317921173
003 OCoLC
005 20180404021612.0
008 090604s2010 miu j b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009022928
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dVFY$dEDK$dIHX$dBDX$dKMS$dOCLCF$dEEK$dOCLCQ$dVBO
020 $a9780737745368$q(hardcover)
020 $a0737745363$q(hardcover)
020 $a9780737745375$q(pbk.)
020 $a0737745371$q(pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)317921173
050 00 $aHQ1219$b.B349 2010
082 00 $a305.4$222
245 00 $aBeauty pageants /$cNoe l Merino, book editor.
260 $aDetroit :$bGreenhaven Press,$c℗♭2010.
300 $a102 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aAt issue. Social issues
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe cultural relevance of beauty pageants is waning / Hilary Levey -- Beauty pageants thrive in many cultures around the world / Rosie Goldsmith -- Beauty pageants give women of many cultures a voice / Hammasa Kohistani -- Beauty pageants show that women still have not achieved equality / Jill Filipovic -- There's nothing wrong with beauty pageants / Wendy McElroy -- Beauty pageants perpetuate myths about female beauty / Beth Dalbey -- Beauty pageants are full of scandals / Mark Schwed -- Beauty pageants in prison can have positive effects / Jean Trounstine -- Beauty pageant winners are not good role models / Kim Lunman -- African pageant winners can enhance their nation's image / Clayton Goodwin -- Prohibiting pageants in Muslim countries is worse than allowing them / Katha Pollitt -- Miss Landmine beauty pageant helps landmine victims / Morten Traavik, as told to Robyn Stubbs -- Miss Landmine beauty pageant exploits landmine victims / Expat Advisory Services (EAS) -- Child beauty pageants reflect the culture's sexualization of children / James R Kincaid -- Child beauty pageants should be eliminated / Billy Reed -- Teen beauty pageants can teach teens many valuable life lessons / Jennifer Trujillo -- Organizations to contact.
520 $aGreenhaven 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.
650 0 $aBeauty contests$vJuvenile literature.
650 7 $aBeauty contests.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00829350
650 7 $aBeauty contests.$2sears
655 7 $aJuvenile works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411637
700 1 $aMerino, Noe l.
776 08 $iOnline version:$tBeauty pageants.$dDetroit : Greenhaven Press, ℗♭2010$w(OCoLC)760975006
830 0 $aAt issue.$pSocial issues.
938 $aBrodart$bBROD$n09577009$c$23.85
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0008284477
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n3103318
029 1 $aAU@$b000044283704
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 383 OTHER HOLDINGS