Sökning: "Beauty pageants"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Beauty pageants.

1. 1. Will Beauty Save the World? A historical context study of the Miss Venezuela pageant as a conceivable contributor to communication for development

   Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Författare :Jassir de Windt; [2019]
   Nyckelord :celebrity beauty queens; beauty with a purpose; communication for development; cultural identity; national identity; popular culture; race and class; internationalisation; economic transnationalism; social norms of beauty; representation women; social change; Celebrity-Development nexus; Venezuela; historical context; qualitative research;

   Sammanfattning : In recent years, old-hand development scholars, in the category of Dan Brockington, have expressed their concern over academia’s neglect of the significance of celebrities in the field. As has been the case of an outturn hereof, namely beauty pageants. LÄS MER

3. 2. A stunning portrait of diversity? : Gender, race, and nation in Miss Universe Japan 2015

   Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Genusvetenskap

   Författare :Lina Johansson; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Miss Universe Japan; Ariana Miyamoto; Japanese femininity; Beauty pageants; Japan; Whiteness; Nationalism; Race; Gender;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to study how gender, race, and nation are represented in Miss Universe Japan 2015. I investigate how the top five participants are represented in relation to Japanese ideal femininity and what these representations contribute to. Furthermore, I examine how global ideals have impacted the outcome of the pageant. LÄS MER