Kathy Peiss Movies

  • 2003
    Beauty in a Jar

    Beauty in a Jar

    Beauty in a Jar

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    BEAUTY IN A JAR explores the social, racial, sexual and political history of the American beauty culture. How was the American ideal of beauty transfo...

    Beauty in a Jar
  • 2002
    Miss America

    Miss America

    Miss America

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    Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular...

    Miss America