Between Venus and Mercury
The 1920s Beauty Contest in France and America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4009242 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holly Grout (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-68 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Politics Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-6370 • E-ISSN: 1558-5271 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/fpcs.2013.310103 |
| OpenAlex | W2141472657 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article examines the beauty contest as a cultural register for shifting definitions of femininity in the 1920s. It focuses on the photographic beauty competition, the “Miss“ pageant, and the film Prix de Beauté, to show how beauty contests in France and the United States engendered transnational debates about feminine beauty, identity, and visibility. It asks how, as valueladen cultural enterprises and as popular commercial entertainments, these events fashioned models of modern womanhood that were simultaneously respectable and risqué; national and international; ordinary and exceptional
Aesthetics · Art · Beauty · CONTEST · Femininity · Political science · Sociology · Venus · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |