Queen of the Maple Leaf
Beauty Contests and Settler Femininity
Distributed for University of British Columbia Press
288 pages
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12 halftones
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6 x 9
Review Quotes
Maxine Craig, author of Ain’t I a Beauty Queen? Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race
Patrizia Gentile has written the most comprehensive critical study of Canadian beauty contests that exists. The material on workplace beauty contests and the involvement of unions is especially interesting and original.
Suzanne Lenon, University of Lethbridge
Queen of the Maple Leaf investigates how power reproduces itself within the seemingly mundane, ordinary, or even ‘fluffy’ cultural practices. The beauty pageant can no longer be considered harmless fun.
Jane Nicholas, author of The Modern Girl: Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s
In this analytically nimble and compellingly argued book, Patrizia Gentile makes a powerful argument for understanding beauty contests as reflective of and contributing to the shaping of white settler society. This is a timely and exciting contribution to Canadian history and cultural studies.
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