"They know me as king, but they don't know my name" : negotiating the self in university beauty pageants

• Main Authors: Tan, Nerissa, Lee, Tamira
• Other Authors: Lee Hyo Jung
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78840
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using the female and male perspective, this article explores the negotiation of the self within the unique context of mixed-gendered university beauty pageants in Singapore, a tradition that has become a highlight in the freshmen experience. Through a developed Foucauldian lens which accounts...