01274oam 2200301z- 450 991069440490332120081007110027.0(CKB)5470000000935724(WsH)cbhtepedb(BIP)024385879(EXLCZ)99547000000093572420211006c2007uuuu -u- -engMeasuring and increasing the effectiveness of provincial reconstruction teams hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held, October 18, 20071 online resource (iii, 59 p.) ill0-16-081710-2 Measuring and increasing the effectiveness of provincial reconstruction teams Postwar reconstructionIraqEvaluationPostwar reconstructionAfghanistanEvaluationUnited StatesPostwar reconstructionPolitical sciencePostwar reconstructionEvaluation.Postwar reconstructionEvaluation.BOOK9910694404903321Measuring and increasing the effectiveness of provincial reconstruction teams3197343UNINA03505nam 22007574a 450 991097272060332120251116233724.00-19-988167-71-60256-671-21-280-65529-10-19-515262-X0-19-803255-2(CKB)2560000000294362(EBL)241248(OCoLC)475955755(SSID)ssj0000100640(PQKBManifestationID)11111464(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100640(PQKBWorkID)10037675(PQKB)10797152(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023156(MiAaPQ)EBC241248(Au-PeEL)EBL241248(CaPaEBR)ebr10084766(CaONFJC)MIL65529(MiAaPQ)EBC7033509(Au-PeEL)EBL7033509(OCoLC)47995928(FINmELB)ELB162970(OCoLC)559861666(EXLCZ)99256000000029436220010910d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAin't I a beauty queen? black women, beauty, and the politics of race /Maxine Leeds Craig1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514267-5 0-19-984934-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-193) and index.CONTENTS; ONE: Ridicule and Celebration: Black Women as Symbols in the Rearticulation of Race; TWO: Contexts for the Emergence of "Black Is Beautiful,""; THREE: Ain't I a Beauty Queen? Representing the Ideal Black Woman; FOUR: Standing (in Heels) for My People; FIVE: How Black Became Popular: Social Movements and Racial Rearticulation; SIX: Yvonne's Wig: Gender and the Racialized Body; SEVEN: Pride and Shame: Black Women as Symbols of the "Middle Class,"; EIGHT: The Appearance of Unity; NINE: An Ongoing Dialogue; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;Black is Beautiful! The words were the exuberant rallying cry of a generation of black women who threw away their straightening combs and adopted a proud new style they called the Afro. The Afro, as worn most famously by Angela Davis, became a veritable icon of the Sixties. Although the new beauty standards seemed to arise overnight, they actually had deep roots within black communities. Tracing her story to 1891, when a black newspaper launched a contest to find the most beautiful woman of the race, Maxine Leeds Craig documents how black women have negotiated the intersection of race, class,Beauty contestsSocial aspectsUnited StatesAfrican American womenSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansRace identityFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)United StatesCivil rights movementsUnited StatesBeauty contestsSocial aspectsAfrican American womenSocial conditions.African AmericansRace identity.Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)Civil rights movements305.48/896/073Craig Maxine Leeds1859776MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972720603321Ain't I a beauty queen4463969UNINA