Miss America’s God
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Miss America’s God

Faith and Identity in America’s Oldest Pageant

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Miss America’s God

Faith and Identity in America’s Oldest Pageant

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The Miss America pageant has extraordinarystaying power. Despitethecultural windsof the past century, Miss America continues to captivatethe nation, givingAmericawhat it wants most—sex, entertainment, competition, religion, and even self-discovery. In Miss America's God, Mandy McMichael traces the pageant's long and complicated history. She demonstratesthatthe pageantisa little exploredwindow into American culture, one that reveals a complex cocktail of allAmericans holddear. Ultimately, McMichaelcontends thatthe pageant isanunexpected cultural spaceofreligious expression and self-discovery for many contestants whose faith communities support and validatetheir pageant participation. Miss America's God utilizes feminist theory, women's history, sociology, psychology, ethnography, and religious studies to explain the enduring popularity of the pageant, as well as religion's curious embrace of its spectacle. Whilecontestants use the pageant tobuildfaith and identity, the pageant uses the faith of the contestants to remain relevant in a societythat isincreasingly suspicious of it. McMichael shows just how central religion has been to Miss America. Religion, for Miss America, sanctifies sex, ritualizes entertainment, justifies competition, and enables self-discovery. Religion makes Miss America acultural icon that withstands the test of time.

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Publisher
Baylor University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781481311991
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
History of Christianity

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Miss America as Sex
  9. 2. Miss America as Entertainment
  10. 3. Miss America as Competition
  11. 4. Faith of the Pageant, Faith and the Pageant
  12. 5. Faith in the Pageant
  13. Conclusion: Born Again: Miss America 2.0
  14. Appendix: Miss Alabama, Contestant Survey
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index